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My Children and I

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My Children and I
Directed byWolfgang Schleif
Written byHeinz Pauck
Heinz Oskar Wuttig
Produced byHermann Schwerin
StarringGrethe Weiser
Doris Kirchner
Claus Biederstaedt
CinematographyErich Claunigk
Edited byHermann Ludwig
Music byGeorg Haentzschel
Production
company
Fono Film
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 25 October 1955 (1955-10-25)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

My Children and I (German: Meine Kinder und ich) is a 1955 West German comedy drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Grethe Weiser, Doris Kirchner and Claus Biederstaedt.[1][2] It was shot at the Templehof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.

Synopsis

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When she is unexpectedly widowed, Mutz Hartmann needs to support her children and takes up a job as a taxi driver. Meanwhile, her two eldest children try to make their way in the world.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.519
  2. ^ Bliersbach p.112

Bibliography

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  • Bliersbach, Gerhard. So grün war die Heide: der deutsche Nachkriegsfilm in neuer Sicht. Beltz, 1985.
  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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