# They Call It Love

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1953 film

They Call It Love Directed by John Reinhardt Written by Peter Berneis John Reinhardt Starring Winnie Markus Curd Jürgens Richard Häussler Cinematography Gerhard Krüger Music by Franz Grothe Production company Oska-Film Distributed by Union-Film Release date 9 June 1953 (1953-06-09) Running time 90 minutes Country West Germany Language German

***They Call It Love*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Man nennt es Liebe***) is a 1953 West German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [John Reinhardt](/source/John_Reinhardt_(director)) and starring [Winnie Markus](/source/Winnie_Markus), [Curd Jürgens](/source/Curd_J%C3%BCrgens) and [Richard Häussler](/source/Richard_H%C3%A4ussler).[1] It was shot at the [Bavaria Studios](/source/Bavaria_Studios) in [Munich](/source/Munich). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Ludwig Reiber](/source/Ludwig_Reiber).

## Cast

- [Winnie Markus](/source/Winnie_Markus) as Maria West

- [Curd Jürgens](/source/Curd_J%C3%BCrgens) as Peter Malmö

- [Richard Häussler](/source/Richard_H%C3%A4ussler) as Erich Conti

- [Hubert von Meyerinck](/source/Hubert_von_Meyerinck) as Balancourt

- [Hans Leibelt](/source/Hans_Leibelt) as Carlos Schmidt

- [Iván Petrovich](/source/Iv%C3%A1n_Petrovich) as Gregory

- [Hermann Pfeiffer](/source/Hermann_Pfeiffer_(actor)) as Kahle

- [Helen Vita](/source/Helen_Vita) as Helene, Zimmermädchen

- [Richard Gerlett](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Gerlett&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bremer

- [Oliver Hassencamp](/source/Oliver_Hassencamp) as Torgler

- [Viktor Afritsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viktor_Afritsch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Schweiger, Portier

- [Lisa Stammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lisa_Stammer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Carmelita Schmidt

- [Madelon Truß](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madelon_Tru%C3%9F&action=edit&redlink=1) as Nadine

- [Ursula Grabley](/source/Ursula_Grabley) as Irene, Modesalon-Inhaberin

- [Dietrich Thoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dietrich_Thoms&action=edit&redlink=1) as Roberto

- [Herbert Weicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_Weicker&action=edit&redlink=1) as Claude

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 232

## Bibliography

- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## External links

- [*They Call It Love*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046037/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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