Dangerous Guests

Dangerous Guests
Directed byGéza von Cziffra
Written byGéza von Cziffra
Produced byWalter Koppel
Starring
CinematographyEkkehard Kyrath
Edited byKlaus Dudenhöfer
Music byMichael Jary
Production
company
Distributed byAllianz Filmverleih
Release date
  • 25 December 1949 (1949-12-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Dangerous Guests (German: Gefährliche Gäste) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Vera Molnar and Paul Kemp.[1] It was made at the Wandsbek Studios of the Hamburg-based Real Film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathias Matthies. It was remade by von Cziffra in 1960 as the Austrian film Crime Tango.

Synopsis

Peter Anders has run out of money and is forced to put his villa up for sale. Three crooks move in, posing as employees of Peter, and set about their plan to sell the property for their own profit. However, the estate manager Amadeus and his daughter Inge are suspicious of these unexpected guests.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 240

Bibliography

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