# The False Adam

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{{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](/source/G%C3%A9za_von_Cziffra)
|producer = [Otto Meissner](/source/Otto_Meissner)
|writer = {{ubl|Géza von Cziffra|[Oliver Hassencamp](/source/Oliver_Hassencamp)}}
|starring = {{ubl|[Waltraut Haas](/source/Waltraut_Haas)|[Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte)|[Doris Kirchner](/source/Doris_Kirchner)}}
|music = Charles Nowa
|cinematography = [Albert Benitz](/source/Albert_Benitz)
|editing = [Alice Ludwig](/source/Alice_Ludwig)
|studio = Arion-Film 
|distributor = [Deutsche London-Film](/source/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](/source/comedy_film) directed by [Géza von Cziffra](/source/G%C3%A9za_von_Cziffra) and starring [Waltraut Haas](/source/Waltraut_Haas), [Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte) and [Doris Kirchner](/source/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](/source/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](/source/art_director) [Albrecht Becker](/source/Albrecht_Becker) and [Herbert Kirchhoff](/source/Herbert_Kirchhoff). It was shot at the [Wandsbek Studios](/source/Wandsbek_Studios) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg).

==Cast==
*[Waltraut Haas](/source/Waltraut_Haas) as Renate Meinecke
*[Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte) as Adam Waldemar Meinecke, ihr Mann
*[Doris Kirchner](/source/Doris_Kirchner) as Mabel, Meyer's daughter
*[Walter Müller](/source/Walter_M%C3%BCller_(actor)) as Robert Bullinger
*[Loni Heuser](/source/Loni_Heuser) as Luise, Meyer's wife
*[Oskar Sima](/source/Oskar_Sima) as Mr. Meyer
*[Günther Lüders](/source/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCders) as Jan Piepenbrink
*[Erni Mangold](/source/Erni_Mangold) as Dolly Dobbs
*[Peter Garden](/source/Peter_Garden)
*Karin von Dassel
*Hans Schwarz Jr.
*[Joseph Offenbach](/source/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}}

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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
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