Marriage Impostor

{{Short description|1953 film directed by Hans H. König}} {{Infobox film | name = Marriage Impostor | image = Marriage Impostor.jpg | caption = | director = [[Hans H. König]] | producer = [[Heinz Nitsche]] | writer = [[Werner Eplinius]] <br> [[Janne Furch]] | narrator = | starring = [[Hilde Krahl]] <br>[[Viktor Staal]] <br> [[Viktor de Kowa]] | music = [[Theo Nordhaus]] | cinematography = [[Kurt Hasse (cinematographer)|Kurt Hasse]] | editing =[[Henny Brünsch]] | studio = Helios-Filmproduktion | distributor = [[Sascha-Film|Sascha Filmverleih]] <br> [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Film-Verleih]] (W. Germany) | released = {{Film date|1954|10|29|df=y}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Austria | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Marriage Impostor''''' or '''''Marriage Swindler''''' ({{langx|de|'''Hochstaplerin der Liebe'''}}) is a 1954 Austrian [[crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Hans H. König]] and starring [[Hilde Krahl]], [[Viktor Staal]] and [[Viktor de Kowa]].<ref>Fritsche p.255</ref><ref>Von Dassanowsky p.157</ref> It was shot at the [[Schönbrunn Studios]] in [[Vienna]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Perchtoldsdorf ]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Hertha Hareiter]] and [[Otto Pischinger]]. It was distributed in the [[West German]] market by [[Columbia Pictures]].

==Synopsis== Madame is an attractive [[swindler]] who targets wealthy men, marries them and then absconds with their belongings. She has successfully pulled her trick on three respected pillars of society and has her next target in her sights - the [[English people|Englishman]] Ernest Harrington. Unexpectedly, she finds herself falling in love with him, and dreams of a real relationship, but her past is catching up with her and a [[detective]] is on her trail.

==Cast== * [[Hilde Krahl]] as Madame * [[Viktor Staal]] as Ernest Harrington * [[Viktor de Kowa]] as Professor Angelot * [[Alexander Golling]] as Kriminalrat Dr. Maurer * [[Hans Nielsen (actor)|Hans Nielsen]] as Dr. Peter Krüger * [[Rolf Wanka]] as Baron Goutten * [[Rudolf Fernau]] as Adrian van Zanten * [[Franz Muxeneder]] as Bill * [[Hubert von Meyerinck]] as Meister Philippe * [[Gitta Lind]] as Sängerin * [[Beppo Brem]] as Gepäcksträger * [[Willy Danek]] as von Waldheim * [[Oskar Wegrostek]] as Director Wollweber

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013. * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0047095}}

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