Marriage for One Night

{{Short description|1953 film directed by Viktor Tourjansky}} {{Infobox film | name = Marriage for One Night | image = Marriage for One Night.jpg | caption = | director = Viktor Tourjansky | writer = {{ubl|Josef Berger (play)|Franz Seitz (play)|Karl Georg Külb}} | producer = {{ubl|Jochen Genzow|Franz Seitz}} | starring = {{ubl|Gustav Fröhlich|Hannelore Bollmann|Adrian Hoven}} | narrator = | cinematography = Franz Koch | editing = Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz | music = Ernst Jäger | studio = Ariston Film | distributor = Neue Filmverleih | released = {{Film date|1953|02|18|df=yes}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Marriage for One Night''''' ({{langx|de|link=no|'''Ehe für eine Nacht'''}}) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Hannelore Bollmann and Adrian Hoven.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.139</ref> It was shot at the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Arne Flekstad.

==Synopsis== The photographer Hans Hoppe is an inveterate gambler as well as being the proud father of three children. His wealthy brother in America, Pedro, offers to pay a dowry for his three children to get married, but Hans uses the money to pay off his gambling debts at the racetrack. Things are thrown awry when Pedro arrives on a visit. Hans gets his children to act out the role of loving spouses, but when of one of his sons' "wife" falls in love with Pedro, he sees through the trick. He ultimately forgives his brother for his scam.

==Cast== * Gustav Fröhlich as Pedro * Hannelore Bollmann as Helga * Adrian Hoven as Komma * Gunnar Möller as Putzi * Ingrid Pan as Jutta * Katharina Mayberg as Anita * Hans Leibelt as Hans Hoppe * Rudolf Schündler as Turnegger * Viktor Afritsch as Schauspieler * Laya Raki as Tänzerin / Dancer * Fritz Lafontaine as Rundfunkreporter * Horst Winter as Jonny Reiner / Singer

== References == {{reflist}}

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

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0122469}}

Category:1953 films Category:1953 comedy films Category:German comedy films Category:West German films Category:1953 German-language films Category:Films directed by Victor Tourjansky Category:Films with screenplays by Karl Georg Külb Category:West German black-and-white films Category:1953 German films Category:Films shot in Munich