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Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee (German: Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee) is a 1957 West German musical romantic comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elma Karlowa, Bert Fortell and Christiane Maybach. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm pictures produced during the decade. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Tegernsee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.
Synopsis
An American daughter of a millionaire hotelier is due to go to finishing school at Bad Wiessee on Lake Tegernsee but wants to head to Paris to meet up with her boyfriend Billy. So she hires Lissy, a music student, to take her place. Lissy succeeds in the impersonation and falls in love with Max, the nephew of the headteacher. Complications ensue when Billy arrives, and having completely forgotten his American girlfriend, falls for Steffi who runs a kiosk.
Cast
Elma Karlowa as Lissy
Bert Fortell as Max
Christiane Maybach as Steffi
Harald Juhnke as Billy
Ruth Stephan as Dorothea
Kurt Großkurth as Amandus
Monika Dahlberg as Pat
Lale Andersen as Self - Musician
Ingrid Dittmar as Elena
Hansen-Quartett as Singer
Hans Leibelt as Mr. Hoover
Harald Martens as Pips
Franz Schafheitlin as Büroleiter
Kenneth Spencer as Jimmy
Jan Troeger as Junger Franzose
References
Bibliography
Ludewig, Alexandra. Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film. transcript Verlag, 2014.
Von Moltke, Johannes. No Place Like Home: Locations Of Heimat In German Cinema. University of California Press, 2005.
External links
Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee at IMDb