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Marriage for One Night

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Marriage for One Night
Directed byViktor Tourjansky
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFranz Koch
Edited byGertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music byErnst Jäger
Production
company
Ariston Film
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 18 February 1953 (1953-02-18)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Marriage for One Night (German: Ehe für eine Nacht) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Hannelore Bollmann and Adrian Hoven.[1] It was shot at the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Arne Flekstad.

Synopsis

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The photographer Hans Hoppe is an inveterate gambler as well as being the proud father of three children. His wealthy brother in America, Pedro, offers to pay a dowry for his three children to get married, but Hans uses the money to pay off his gambling debts at the racetrack. Things are thrown awry when Pedro arrives on a visit. Hans gets his children to act out the role of loving spouses, but when of one of his sons' "wife" falls in love with Pedro, he sees through the trick. He ultimately forgives his brother for his scam.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.139

Bibliography

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  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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