The House in Montevideo (1951 film)

The House in Montevideo
Directed by	Curt Goetz Valérie von Martens
Written by	Curt Goetz (play) Hans Domnick
Produced by	Hans Domnick
Starring	Curt Goetz Valérie von Martens Albert Florath Lia Eibenschütz
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Domnick Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	8 November 1951 (1951-11-08)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The House in Montevideo (German: Das Haus in Montevideo) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Curt Goetz and Valérie von Martens and starring Goetz, von Martens, Albert Florath and Lia Eibenschütz. It is an adaptation of Goetz's 1945 comic play The House in Montevideo. Goetz and von Martens had frequently played the lead parts on the stage. The play was later adapted into another film of the same title in 1963.

It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location at Cuxhaven and the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.

Cast

• Curt Goetz as Professor Traugott Nägler
• Valérie von Martens as Marianne Nägler
• Albert Florath as Pastor Riesling
• Lia Eibenschütz as Madame de la Rocco
• John Mylong as Anwalt
• Ruth Niehaus as Atlanta Nägler
• Eckart Dux as Herbert Kraft
• Rudolf Reiff as Bürgermeister
• Ingeborg Körner as Carmencita
• Lope Rica as Belinda
• Andrea Perkams as Marta
• Günther Vogt as Parsifal Nägler
• J. von Felbert as Lohengrin

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Fenner, Angelica. Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi. University of Toronto Press, 2011.

External links

• The House in Montevideo at IMDb