# Marriage Impostor

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1953 film directed by Hans H. König

Marriage Impostor Directed by Hans H. König Written by Werner Eplinius Janne Furch Produced by Heinz Nitsche Starring Hilde Krahl Viktor Staal Viktor de Kowa Cinematography Kurt Hasse Edited by Henny Brünsch Music by Theo Nordhaus Production company Helios-Filmproduktion Distributed by Sascha Filmverleih Columbia Film-Verleih (W. Germany) Release date 29 October 1954 (1954-10-29) Running time 85 minutes Country Austria Language German

***Marriage Impostor*** or ***Marriage Swindler*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Hochstaplerin der Liebe***) is a 1954 Austrian [crime](/source/Crime_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Hans H. König](/source/Hans_H._K%C3%B6nig) and starring [Hilde Krahl](/source/Hilde_Krahl), [Viktor Staal](/source/Viktor_Staal) and [Viktor de Kowa](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa).[1][2] It was shot at the [Schönbrunn Studios](/source/Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_Studios) in [Vienna](/source/Vienna) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Perchtoldsdorf](/source/Perchtoldsdorf). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Hertha Hareiter](/source/Hertha_Hareiter) and [Otto Pischinger](/source/Otto_Pischinger). It was distributed in the [West German](/source/West_German) market by [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures).

## Synopsis

Madame is an attractive [swindler](/source/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 [Englishman](/source/English_people) 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](/source/Detective) is on her trail.

## Cast

- [Hilde Krahl](/source/Hilde_Krahl) as Madame

- [Viktor Staal](/source/Viktor_Staal) as Ernest Harrington

- [Viktor de Kowa](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa) as Professor Angelot

- [Alexander Golling](/source/Alexander_Golling) as Kriminalrat Dr. Maurer

- [Hans Nielsen](/source/Hans_Nielsen_(actor)) as Dr. Peter Krüger

- [Rolf Wanka](/source/Rolf_Wanka) as Baron Goutten

- [Rudolf Fernau](/source/Rudolf_Fernau) as Adrian van Zanten

- [Franz Muxeneder](/source/Franz_Muxeneder) as Bill

- [Hubert von Meyerinck](/source/Hubert_von_Meyerinck) as Meister Philippe

- [Gitta Lind](/source/Gitta_Lind) as Sängerin

- [Beppo Brem](/source/Beppo_Brem) as Gepäcksträger

- [Willy Danek](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willy_Danek&action=edit&redlink=1) as von Waldheim

- [Oskar Wegrostek](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oskar_Wegrostek&action=edit&redlink=1) as Director Wollweber

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Fritsche p.255

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Von Dassanowsky p.157

## 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

- [*Marriage Impostor*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047095/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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