The Inn on the Lahn

The Inn on the Lahn or The Hostess of the Lahn (German: Die Wirtin an der Lahn) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Dorit Kreysler, Oskar Sima and Ingrid Pan.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Paul Markwitz .

The Inn on the Lahn
Directed byJohann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
Written byErnst Neubach
Produced byErnst Neubach
StarringDorit Kreysler
Oskar Sima
Ingrid Pan
CinematographyKároly Kurzmayer
Edited byLieselotte Prattes
Music byWill Meisel
Production
company
Neubach Film
Distributed byAtlantic Film
Release date
20 September 1955
Running time
97 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

Karoline Steinmeier and her husband Josef are a tight-fisted couple who run an inn on the River Lahn near the Rhineland. For years they have been collecting the pension of her grandfather who had long since died, from his employer a winemaker. When he wants to visit to celebrate the old man's hundred birthday, the couple urgently have to find a replacement grandfather in order to prevent the fraud being discovered.

Cast

References

  1. Goble p.259
  2. Klossner p.180

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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