Der Hofrat Geiger is a 1947 Austrian film directed by Hans Wolff, based on the musical of the same name by Martin Costa. It is significant for being one of the first Heimatfilme released after the Second World War, and very successful.[1]
| Der Hofrat Geiger | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hans Wolff |
| Starring | Paul Hörbiger Maria Andergast Hans Moser Waltraut Haas |
| Cinematography | Rudolf Icsey |
| Music by | Hans Lang |
Release date | 1947 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Synopsis edit
Franz Geiger, a retired councillor, discovers that he has a daughter, Mariandl, the result of a love affair in Spitz eighteen years earlier with a woman named Marianne Mühlhuber. As a result of this, he travels to Spitz with his servant Ferdinand.
Cast edit
- Paul Hörbiger: Franz Geiger[2]
- Maria Andergast: Marianne Mühlhuber
- Hans Moser: Ferdinand Lechner
- Waltraut Haas: Mariandl[3]
- Josef Egger as Old Windischgruber
- Hermann Erhardt: Mathias Pfüller
- Louis Soldan: Hans
See also edit
- Mariandl (1961)
References edit
- ^ "70 Jahre "Hofrat Geiger": Schuld war keine politische Kategorie - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ "Vor 125 Jahren geboren: Paul Hörbiger - Der "personifizierte Folklore-Wiener"". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ "Waltraut Haas im Interview: Mariandl erzählt vom Donauweibchen". kurier.at (in German). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-29.