In Bed by Eight

{{Short description|1965 film}} {{Infobox film | name = In Bed by Eight | image = File:In Bed by Eight.jpg | alt =  | caption = | director = [[Werner Jacobs]] | producer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Herbert Gruber (producer)|Herbert Gruber]]|[[Karl Schwetter]]}} | writer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Janne Furch]]|{{ill|Eckart Hachfeld|de}}}} | starring = {{Unbulleted list|[[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]]|[[Gitte Hænning]]|[[Ingeborg Schöner]]|[[Gunther Philipp]]}} | music = {{Unbulleted list|[[Johannes Fehring]]|{{ill|Heinz Gietz|de}}| [[Gerhard Winkler (composer)|Gerhard Winkler]]}} | cinematography = [[Sepp Ketterer]] | editing = [[Arnfried Heyne]] | studio = [[Sascha-Film|Sascha Film]] <br> Schlaraffia Filmgesellschaft | distributor = [[Constantin Film]] | released = {{Film date|1965|1|15||df=y}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''In Bed by Eight''''' (German: '''''...und sowas muß um acht ins Bett''''') is a 1965 Austrian-West German black-and-white [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Werner Jacobs]] and starring [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]], [[Gitte Hænning]] and [[Ingeborg Schöner]].<ref>[https://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=15518 ''Und sowas muß um acht ins Bett''], ''{{ill|Lexikon des internationalen Films|de}}'' {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>Von Dassanowsky p.184</ref> It was shot at the [[Rosenhügel Studios]] in [[Vienna]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff]].

==Synopsis== A teacher at a [[boarding school]] in the [[Carinthian]] mountains has to deal with an extremely difficult class. Led by the troublesome Princess Margaret they write fake [[love letter]]s from him to his female colleague, eventually launching a romance between them.

==Cast== * [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]] as Dr. Eduard Frank * [[Gitte Hænning]] as Prinzessin Margaret * [[Ingeborg Schöner]] as Angelika Weiß * [[Gunther Philipp]] as Dr. Arthur Schäfer * [[Loni Heuser]] as Frau Dr. Diehlmann * [[Lotte Lang]] as Frau Dr. Schwabe * {{ill|Peter Gerhard (actor)|de|Peter Gerhard|lt=Peter Gerhard}} as Direktor Rieger * {{ill|Helli Servi|de}} as Fräulein Bichler * [[Elisabeth Stiepl]] as Fräulein Hampel * [[Gisela Hahn]] as Ines * [[Rudolf Vogel]] as Hofrat Andersen

==References== {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0057804}}

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