One Should Be Twenty Again (German: Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein) is a 1958 Austrian comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Johanna Matz and Ewald Balser.Klaus p.122 It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.https://www.filmportal.de/film/man-muesste-noch-mal-20-sein_b823f114de3e41d7802d7d36c27f5a1e It is a remake of the 1943 German film An Old Heart Becomes Young Again directed by Erich Engel and starring Emil Jannings.Frank p.49
Synopsis The wealthy owner of a chocolate factory Friedrich Hoffmann is a celebrated bachelor. However, when he discovers that an illicit affair in his youth led to the birth of a child and that he now has a granddaughter Susanne. His nephew Paul unwittingly hires Susanne as his secretary and falls in love with her. Unaware of why Friedrich is doting on the young woman, Paul fears his intentions towards her are romantic.
Cast Karlheinz Böhm as Paul Degenhard Johanna Matz as Susanne Menzel Ewald Balser as Friedrich Hoffmann Gerlinde Locker as Friederike Peter Weck as Peter Vogt Susi Nicoletti as Jenny Dill Richard Romanowsky as Medizinalrat Prof. Laurenz Rudolf Forster as Dr. Clemens Herborth Senta Wengraf as Tilly Erik Frey as Richard Hoffmann Helmut Qualtinger as Kanzakis Fritz Muliar as Bürodiener Berisch Romuald Pekny as Johannes Dill Alma Seidler as Frau Binder Karl Ehmann as Fink Ena Valduga as Frau Kalwoda Erich Nikowitz as Franz Josef Margarete Fries as Irene Hoffmann
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Bibliography Frank, Stefanie Mathilde. Wiedersehen im Wirtschaftswunder: Remakes von Filmen aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik 1949–1963. V&R Unipress, 2017. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1942. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema. McFarland & Co, 2005.
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