My Wife Makes Music

{{Short description|1958 film}} {{Infobox film | name = My Wife Makes Music | image = File:My Wife Makes Music.jpg | caption = | director = Hans Heinrich | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Marieluise Steinhauer|Hans Heinrich}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Lore Frisch|Günther Simon|Maly Delschaft}} | music = Gerd Natschinski | cinematography = Eugen Klagemann | editing = Friedel Welsandt | studio = DEFA | distributor = Progress Film | released = {{Film date|1958|04|03|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = East Germany | language = German | budget = | gross =

}} '''''My Wife Makes Music''''' ({{langx|de|'''Meine Frau macht Musik'''}}) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.<ref>[http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.]</ref> It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oskar Pietsch.

The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.<ref>Feinstein p.141</ref>

==Synopsis== It was a revue film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.

==Cast== * Lore Frisch as Gerda Wagner * Günther Simon as Gustl Wagner * Maly Delschaft as Susi Rettig * Alice Prill as Eva Rettig * Herbert Kiper as Fritz Rettig * Evelyn Künneke as Daisy * Alexander Hegarth as Fabiani * Manon Damann as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper Berlin * Walter E. Fuß as Barmixer * Guido Goroll as Mann in Loge * Klaus Gross * Paul Heidemann as Direktor Nielsen * Paul R. Henker as U-Bahn-Kontrolleur * Werner Höllein as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper * Katina Imme as Katharina * Hans Klering as Hutkäufer * Ruth Kommerell as Verkäuferin am Papierwarenstand * Else Korén as Frau des Hutkäufers * Genia Lapuhs * Mario Lerch as Francesco * Werner Lierck as Kunde * Gitta Lind * Alfred Maack as Pförtner * Vladimir Marof as Ballettsolist der Komischen Oper Berlin * Ingeborg Naß * Kurt Schmidtchen as Arthur Papke * Heinz Schubert as Spießer * Lou Seitz as Jette * Friedrich Teitge as Bühnenarbeiter * Nico Turoff

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Feinstein, Joshua. ''The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989''. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|51919}}

Category:1958 films Category:East German films Category:Films set in Berlin Category:German musical films Category:1958 musical films Category:1958 German-language films Category:Films about singers Category:Films directed by Hans Heinrich Category:1958 German films Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios