Black Forest Cherry Schnapps (German: Schwarzwälder Kirsch) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marianne Hold, Dietmar Schönherr and Boy Gobert. It was shot in Agfacolor at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Wiesental. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert. It was part of the tradition of Heimatfilm, popular in the postwar era. The title refers to Kirsch, the popular drink.
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Synopsis
The composer Peter is on the way to
a in a music festival to be honoured in the Black Forest, but due to an error he and his lyricist friend are mistaken as vagrants and imprisoned. Meanwhile two real tramps steal their papers and pose as the celebrated musicians, causing havoc.
Cast
Marianne Hold as Angela Westmann
Dietmar Schönherr as Peter Benrath
Boy Gobert as Freddy Weller
Edith Hancke as Jette Palm
Wolfgang Neuss as Egon
Wolfgang Müller as Otto
Willy Reichert as Herr Räuschle
Helen Vita as Lorle
Franz-Otto Krüger as Polizeidirektor
Willy Rösner as Gastwirt
Kurt Zehe as Großer Hotelangestellter
Rolf Pinegger as Hansl, Hotellehrling
Gerd Frickhöffer as Direktor Alfred Krone
Willy Fritsch as Arthur Altenberg