{{Short description|1955 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = The False Adam |image = The False Adam.jpg |caption = German film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Der falsche Adam}} |director = Géza von Cziffra |producer = Otto Meissner |writer = {{ubl|Géza von Cziffra|Oliver Hassencamp}} |starring = {{ubl|Waltraut Haas|Rudolf Platte|Doris Kirchner}} |music = Charles Nowa |cinematography = Albert Benitz |editing = Alice Ludwig |studio = Arion-Film |distributor = Deutsche London-Film |released = {{Film date|1955|6|16|df=yes}} |runtime = 80 minutes |country = West Germany |language = German }} '''''The False Adam''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der falsche Adam'''}}) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Waltraut Haas, Rudolf Platte and Doris Kirchner.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=225|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }}</ref>
The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg.
==Cast== *Waltraut Haas as Renate Meinecke *Rudolf Platte as Adam Waldemar Meinecke, ihr Mann *Doris Kirchner as Mabel, Meyer's daughter *Walter Müller as Robert Bullinger *Loni Heuser as Luise, Meyer's wife *Oskar Sima as Mr. Meyer *Günther Lüders as Jan Piepenbrink *Erni Mangold as Dolly Dobbs *Peter Garden *Karin von Dassel *Hans Schwarz Jr. *Joseph Offenbach *Holger Hagen *Marga Maasberg *Tim Oldehoff *Horst von Otto *Joachim Wolf *Josef Albrecht as waiter *Heinz Frese as husband *Sonja Wilken as young lady
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0048051}}
{{Géza von Cziffra}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:False Adam}} Category:1955 comedy films Category:German comedy films Category:West German films Category:Films directed by Géza von Cziffra Category:Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Category:West German black-and-white films Category:1955 German films Category:1955 German-language films {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub}}