Marili

{{Short description|1959 film by Josef von Báky}} {{Infobox film | name = Marili | image = File:Marili (1959 film poster).jpg | caption = | director = Josef von Báky | producer = Artur Brauner Fritz Klotsch | writer = István Zágon (play ''Marika'') Emil Burri Johannes Mario Simmel | narrator = | starring = Sabine Sinjen Paul Hubschmid Helmuth Lohner | music = Georg Haentzschel | cinematography = Werner Krien Göran Strindberg | editing = Walter Wischniewsky | studio = CCC Film | distributor = Gloria Film | released = {{Film date|1959|11|27|df=yes}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German }} '''''Marili''''' is a 1959 West German romantic comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Sabine Sinjen, Paul Hubschmid and Helmuth Lohner.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.61</ref>

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Hennings and Erich Kettelhut. It was made in Eastmancolor.

==Cast== * Sabine Sinjen as Marili * Paul Hubschmid as Robert Orban * Helmuth Lohner as Peter Markwart * Hanne Wieder as Ella Roland * Ernst Schröder as Waldemar Heller * Leonard Steckel as Ludwig Ostertag * Ursula Gütschow as Englischlehrerin * Käte Jaenicke as Köchin * Hilde Schönborn as Schneiderin * Erich Dunskus as Bühnenportier * Maria Axt as Kesse Dame * Helmut Ahner as Mixer * Annie Pauker as 1. Tischdame * Inge Kühl as 2. Tischdame * Rudolf Vogel as Berthold Glubb

== Reception == A review in the ''Lexikon des internationales Films'' stated: "A comedy attempt that seeks to parody the success of the film ''Stefanie'' (1959); however, the director's irony remains vague and fades into banality."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marili |url=https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/27423/marili |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.filmdienst.de |language=de}}</ref>

''Cinema'' considered that the film was a "completely banal ''My Fair Lady'' rip-off."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Marili (1959) - Film {{!}} cinema.de |url=https://www.cinema.de/film/marili,1318673.html |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.cinema.de |language=de}}</ref>

==See also== * ''Marika'' (1938)

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0053051}}

Category:1959 films Category:1959 romantic comedy films Category:German romantic comedy films Category:West German films Category:1959 German-language films Category:Films directed by Josef von Báky Category:Remakes of Hungarian films Category:Gloria Film films Category:Films shot at Spandau Studios Category:1959 German films Category:Films scored by Georg Haentzschel Category:German films based on plays Category:Films with screenplays by Johannes Mario Simmel