The Singing Hotel

{{Short description|1953 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Singing Hotel | image = The Singing Hotel.jpg | caption = | director = [[Géza von Cziffra]] | producer = [[Franz Tappers]] | writer = Géza von Cziffra | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Hans Söhnker]]|[[Rudolf Platte]]|[[Joseph Egger]]|[[Fita Benkhoff]]}} | music = [[Michael Jary]] | cinematography = [[Willy Winterstein]] | editing = [[Alice Ludwig]] | studio = Standard-Filmverleih | distributor =[[Deutsche London-Film]] | released = {{Film date|1953|07|30|df=y}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Singing Hotel''''' ({{langx|de|'''Das singende Hotel'''}}) is a 1953 West German [[musical comedy film]] directed by [[Géza von Cziffra]] and starring [[Hans Söhnker]], [[Rudolf Platte]] and [[Fita Benkhoff]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p. 225</ref> It was shot at the [[Wandsbek Studios]] of [[Real Film]] in [[Hamburg]] and [[location shooting|on location]] in [[Oberstdorf]] and [[Kitzbühel]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Albrecht Becker]] and [[Herbert Kirchhoff]].

==Cast== * [[Hans Söhnker]] as Hans * [[Ursula Justin]] as Gisela * [[Fita Benkhoff]] as Dr. Toni Bruscher * [[Rudolf Platte]] as Theodor Giesemann * [[Paul Westermeier]] as Rodler, Geschäftsführer * [[Rita Paul]] as Anita Mohr * [[Bully Buhlan]] as Tommy Olsen * [[Helmut Zacharias]] as Karli Alten, Violin * [[Friedel Hensch]] as Singer * [[Rosiana Larau]] as Dixi, Tänzerin * [[Joseph Egger]] as Wurmser, Hotelportier * [[Edith Schollwer]] as Frau Giesemann * [[Marina Ried]] as Dagmar * [[Josef Dahmen]] * [[Hans Stiebner]] * [[Wastl Witt]] as Anton, Kellner * [[Dorle Rath]] as Singer * [[Günther Jerschke]] * [[Hermann Lenschau]] * [[Joseph Offenbach]]

== References == {{reflist}}

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

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0046319}}

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