Schützenliesel is a 1954 West German period comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Herta Staal, Helmuth Schneider and Joe Stöckel.Goble p.149 It is based on an operetta of the same title. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location at Mittenwald, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Lautersee in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Weber and Helmut Nentwig.
Synopsis In a small Bavarian town at the beginning of the twentieth century, pretty young Gretl is in love with a border guard despite the disapproval of her father. He resents the young man because he is the son of a woman who once spurned him. Things come to a head at the Schützenfest, after the guard courageously rounds up a gang of smugglers.
Cast Herta Staal as Gretl (Schützenliesel) Helmuth Schneider as Stefan Brandner Joe Stöckel as Josef Mooshammer Gunther Philipp as Baron von Simmering Susi Nicoletti as Cornelia Willy Reichert as Eduard Steinhagen Gretl Fröhlich as Christa – Tochter von Steinhagen Peter W. Staub as Norbert Feldmaier Käthe Haack as Therese Brandner Edith Schollwer as Mathilde – Schwester von Steinhagen Rudolf Carl as Hoteldirektor Wurzbach Paul Hörbiger as Kaspar
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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