Der Hofrat Geiger
Directed byHans Wolff
StarringPaul Hörbiger
Maria Andergast
Hans Moser
Waltraut Haas
CinematographyRudolf Icsey
Music byHans Lang
Release date
1947
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Der Hofrat Geiger is a 1947 Austrian film directed by Hans Wolff, based on the musical of the same name by Martin Costa. It is significant for being one of the first Heimatfilme released after the Second World War, and very successful.[1]

Synopsis

Franz Geiger, a retired councillor, discovers that he has a daughter, Mariandl, the result of a love affair in Spitz eighteen years earlier with a woman named Marianne Mühlhuber. As a result of this, he travels to Spitz with his servant Ferdinand.

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References

  1. "70 Jahre "Hofrat Geiger": Schuld war keine politische Kategorie - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  2. "Vor 125 Jahren geboren: Paul Hörbiger - Der "personifizierte Folklore-Wiener"". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  3. "Waltraut Haas im Interview: Mariandl erzählt vom Donauweibchen". kurier.at (in German). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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