Twelve Hearts for Charly

Twelve Hearts for Charly (German: Zwölf Herzen für Charly) is a 1949 German musical comedy film directed by Fritz Andelfinger and Elly Rauch and starring Willy Fritsch, Heli Finkenzeller and Dorit Kreysler. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film was temporarily banned in the American zone of occupation because of its perceived negative portrayal of American soldiers.[1]

Twelve Hearts for Charly
Directed by
  • Fritz Andelfinger
  • Elly Rauch
Written byKarl Georg Külb
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byFriedel Buckow
Music byNorbert Schultze
Production
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Cinephon-Film
Distributed byFortuna-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 6 May 1949 (1949-05-06)
Running time
96 minutes
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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Two twin brothers are separated at birth and one is raised in America while the other grows up in Germany. After the Second World War, the American twin arrives as part of the occupation forces and leads a jazz band in his spare time. His brother, by contrast, teaches classical music at a girls school. After accidentally meeting, the two brothers decide to switch places, leading to many comic and romantic complications.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Fay p. 126

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009, Paper ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9, e-book ISBN 978-0-85745-565-9, doi:10.3167/9781571816559.
  • Fay, Jennifer. Theaters of Occupation: Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8166-4744-6, ISBN 978-0-8166-4745-3
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