Spring on Ice
| Spring on Ice | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| German | Frühling auf dem Eis |
| Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
| Written by | Johannes Mario Simmel |
| Starring | Eva Pawlik Herta Mayen Hans Holt |
| Cinematography | Hanns König |
| Edited by | Arnfried Heyne Leontine Klicka |
| Music by | Nico Dostal Hanns Elin |
Production companies | Wien-Film Nova-Film |
| Distributed by | Universal-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Spring on Ice (German: Frühling auf dem Eis) is a 1951 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Eva Pawlik, Herta Mayen and Hans Holt.[1] It is set around the Vienna Ice Revue. The film was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.
Synopsis[edit]
Herbert Gordon, the director of an ice revue, dismisses skater Eva as she is overshadowing his wife Alida. A radio reporter who loves Eva does his best to help her, but it is only when there is a general strike by other performers that she is given her chance to shine.
Cast[edit]
- Eva Pawlik as Eva
- Herta Mayen as Alida Gordon
- Hans Holt as Thomas Haller
- Oskar Sima as Herbert Gordon
- Harry Fuß as Karl
- Albin Skoda as Manuel
- Karl Skraup as Gottlieb Hinterstoisser
- Robert Tessen as Otto Wagner
- Erich Auer as Hans
- Heinz Conrads as Poldi
- Helmut Janatsch as Franz
- Ilse Trenker as Lucie
- Gaby Philipp as Maria
- Ernst Waldbrunn as night watchman Gruber
- Erich Dörner as Max Gruber
- Joseph Egger as waiter in the wine bar
- Vienna Ice Revue as Themselves
- Rudolf Brix as waiter in the Carlton-Bar
- Fritz Grieb as boy in the Carlton-Bar
- Hanna Löser as girl at Alida
- Felix Pflichther as servant in the Funkhaus
- Erna Schickl as secretary at Wagner
- Emmerich Schrenk as flight adviser
- Walter Sudra as policeman
- Karl Wegersky as waiter in the café
References[edit]
- ^ Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books. p. 242. ISBN 0857459457. JSTOR j.ctt9qcvz8.
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