Father Needs a Wife

{{Short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film |name = Father Needs a Wife |image = Father Needs a Wife.jpg |caption = Theatrical film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Vater braucht eine Frau}} |director = [[Harald Braun (director)|Harald Braun]] |producer = Harald Braun |writer = {{ubl|Christian Bock|[[Herbert Reinecker]]|Herbert Witt}} |starring = {{ubl|[[Dieter Borsche]]|[[Ruth Leuwerik]]|[[Bruni Löbel]]}} |music = [[Franz Grothe]] |cinematography = [[Richard Angst]] |editing = Claus von Boro |studio = [[Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft]] |distributor = Schorcht Filmverleih |released = {{Film date|1952|10|17|df=yes}} |runtime = 98 minutes |country = West Germany |language = German }} '''''Father Needs a Wife''''' ({{langx|de|'''Vater braucht eine Frau'''}}) is a 1952 West German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Harald Braun (director)|Harald Braun]] and starring [[Dieter Borsche]], [[Ruth Leuwerik]] and [[Bruni Löbel]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|page=282|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }}</ref> It was made at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Lautersee]] and [[Mittenwald]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Hans Sohnle]] and [[Fritz Lück]].

==Plot== A widowed father advertises for a new [[maid]], but his children secretly seek a woman to be his new wife.

==Cast== *[[Dieter Borsche]] as Dr. Hans Neumeister *[[Ruth Leuwerik]] as Susanne Meissner *[[Bruni Löbel]] as Lotti Hellwig *[[Günther Lüders]] as Photograph Kurt Fischer *[[Therese Giehse]] as Frau Nickel *[[Paul Bildt]] as Herr in der Anzeigenannahme *[[Wera Frydtberg]] as Gisela *Angelika Meissner as Ulla Neumeister - daughter *Urs Hess as Philipp Neumeister - Age 11 *Migg Hess as Martin Neumeister - Age 10 *[[Oliver Grimm]] as Tom Neumeister - Age 4

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0045285}}

[[Category:1952 comedy films]] [[Category:German comedy films]] [[Category:West German films]] [[Category:Films directed by Harald Braun]] [[Category:West German black-and-white films]] [[Category:1952 German films]] [[Category:Films scored by Franz Grothe]]