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My Wife Makes Music (German: Meine Frau macht Musik) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets. It was a revue film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.

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The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.

The film's art direction was by Oskar Pietsch.

Cast

Lore Frisch as Gerda Wagner

Günther Simon as Gustl Wagner

Maly Delschaft as Susi Rettig

Alice Prill as Eva Rettig

Herbert Kiper as Fritz Rettig

Evelyn Künneke as Daisy

Alexander Hegarth as Fabiani

Manon Damann as Solist Ballett der Komischen Oper Berlin

Walter E. Fuß as Barmixer

Guido Goroll as Mann in Loge

Klaus Gross

Paul Heidemann as Direktor Nielsen

Paul R. Henker as U-Bahn-Kontrolleur

Werner Höllein as Solist Ballett der Komischen Oper

Katina Imme as Katharina

Hans Klering as Hutkäufer

Ruth Kommerell as Verkäuferin am Papierwarenstand

Else Korén as Frau des Hutkäufers

Genia Lapuhs

Mario Lerch as Francesco

Werner Lierck as Kunde

Gitta Lind

Alfred Maack as Pförtner

Vladimir Marof as Ballettsolist der Komischen Oper Berlin

Ingeborg Naß

Kurt Schmidtchen as Arthur Papke

Heinz Schubert as Spießer

Lou Seitz as Jette

Friedrich Teitge as Bühnenarbeiter

Nico Turoff

References

My Wife Makes Music Wikipedia

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