Father Needs a Wife (German: Vater braucht eine Frau) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Harald Braun and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Bruni Löbel.[1] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Lautersee and Mittenwald. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Fritz Lück.

Father Needs a Wife
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GermanVater braucht eine Frau
Directed byHarald Braun
Written by
Produced byHarald Braun
Starring
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byClaus von Boro
Music byFranz Grothe
Production
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Distributed bySchorcht Filmverleih
Release date
  • 17 October 1952 (1952-10-17)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Plot

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A widowed father advertises for a new maid, but his children secretly seek a woman to be his new wife.

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References

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  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 282. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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