The Fountain of Love (German: Die Liebesquelle) is a 1966 Austrian comedy film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Sieghardt Rupp, Eddi Arent and Ann Smyrner.Von Dassanowsky p.182 Much of the film was shot on location in Bulgaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann.https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-liebesquelle_d5e977e3edb248a193e11875908f6ae0
Synopsis In an effort to boost tourism, the leaders Swedish mountain village invent a legend claiming that bathing in their local spring grants men exceptional virility and women irresistible beauty. The scheme backfires when a visiting journalist's report brings swarms of tourists to the town, just as the mayor has temporarily blocked the fountain to hide the deception from a government inspection. In a final twist the spring is discovered to be a genuine aphrodisiac, leading the Minister of Tourism to nationalise the lucrative site for the state.
Cast Hans-Jürgen Bäumler as Leif Sieghardt Rupp as Nils Hansen Eddi Arent as Alwin Knobbe Ann Smyrner as Stina Hartmut Hinrichs as Carl Christa Linder as Britta Christiane Rücker as Grit Marianne Schönauer as Frau von Weyden Balduin Baas as Druggist Helga Marlo as Caroline Walter Buschhoff as Wirt, the Innkeeper Ellen Umlauf as Teacher Werner Abrolat as John Emily Reuer as Frieda Herbert Tiede as Pastor Karin Field as Victoria Dimitar Panov as Lars Pogge
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Bibliography Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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