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Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis

  • 1956
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956)
Comedy

Anny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is ta... Read allAnny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is taken to the police station. There she's surprised to get presented her alleged parents. Not... Read allAnny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is taken to the police station. There she's surprised to get presented her alleged parents. Not knowing yet what kind of game they play, she goes home with them and lets the rich couple... Read all

  • Director
    • Géza von Cziffra
  • Writers
    • Oliver Hassencamp
    • Géza von Cziffra
  • Stars
    • Germaine Damar
    • Peter Weck
    • Loni Heuser
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    62
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    • Director
      • Géza von Cziffra
    • Writers
      • Oliver Hassencamp
      • Géza von Cziffra
    • Stars
      • Germaine Damar
      • Peter Weck
      • Loni Heuser
    • 1User review
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    Germaine Damar in Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956)
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    Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956)
    Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956)

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    Germaine Damar
    Germaine Damar
    • Anny Prechtl
    Peter Weck
    Peter Weck
    • Poldi Kohlegger…
    Loni Heuser
    • Babett Howard
    Rudolf Platte
    Rudolf Platte
    • Paul Howard
    Oskar Sima
    Oskar Sima
    • Hotelportier Huber
    Heinz Erhardt
    Heinz Erhardt
    • Albert Locker
    Hans Leibelt
    Hans Leibelt
    • Mr. Turner
    Albert Florath
    Albert Florath
    • Zigarrenladeninhaber
    Michl Lang
    • Wirt von der "Sonne"
    Else Knott
    • Frau Prechtl
    Christiane König
    • Mary Howard
    Joseph Offenbach
    • Dieb im Zug
    Wolfgang Neuss
    • Polizeiarzt
    • (as Wolfgang Neuß)
    Bum Krüger
    • Hoteldirektor
    Willy Maertens
    • Herr Prechtl
    Hermann Nehlsen
    • Kommissar Hübner
    Bully Buhlan
    • Billy Turner
    Erwin Lehn
    • Self - Orchester
    • Director
      • Géza von Cziffra
    • Writers
      • Oliver Hassencamp
      • Géza von Cziffra
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    • Quotes

      Billy: I learned to make love in German.

      Anny: I beg your pardon?

      Billy: Yes, very thoroughly.

      Anny: I think I'd better leave...

      Billy: Oh, I meant 'declare my love'.

    • Soundtracks
      Oh My Mary Girl
      performed by Bully Buhlan

    User reviews1

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    Ich WeiB est nicht
    Although this film was made in black and white, it looks like the opening credits were designed to be filmed in colour, with the technical credits preceding the actors over bright, swirly images. It makes you wonder what these shades of gray really looked like (but not too much). We start with a bit of useless narration and a wild dream sequence featuring our heroine Anny (Germaine Damar) dancing her stockings off in the empty Cafe Precht. Having decided to head for München to become famous like Curd Jürgens, she immediately gets robbed by some old swindler on a train. Yes boys and girls, the message of this lighthearted romp is: all the world's a criminal.

    Luckily Fraulein Brecht has a suitor waiting in Munich town. Like all trustworthy men, he wears a tuxedo. They sing a love song in the dressing room, before going on stage for a impromptu concert featuring a band that looks like the cast from "The Phil Silvers Show" and fat old Heinz Erhardt dancing like one half of Laurel and Hardy. Once all of them have done their bit, we can finally get on with our story. Anny soon runs out of money and is kicked out of her hotel without further ado. Finding inspiration in a newspaper clipping, she decides to fake amnesia. Now I enjoy a good memory loss routine as much as the next guy, but with the audience fully aware Anny is putting on an act, it just seems a bit stale. Luckily for her there are always bigger criminals around, like a couple who plans to get rich by pretending their own daughter Mary has gone missing. These two wicked fibbers take Anny home to see if they can squeeze some sort of inheritance out of the situation.

    Suddenly living a life of luxury, Anny/Mary bumps into an American suitor in a swiss outfit (don't trust him either). This guy makes up some words to the theme that's been following Anny around all film long. As if there was not enough deception going on, lover boy Tux shows as the new maid. You guessed it, the double crossing daddio puts the moves on 'Lina' before he/she/it has set one foot inside. Of course Annymary is shocked to see her boyfriend in drag, making her alleged parents very nervous. Remember, in the movies, a sudden scare is the only known remedy for amnesia. Our Oliver Hardy wannabe also finds work there as a waiter, and the rest of the gang from the beginning returns just in time for Mary's birthday bash, reprising all the same songs (well, we did manage an extraordinary long time without them). Which of these criminal masterminds will have the last laugh?

    I don't know (said the amnesiac)

    3 out of 10
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    • Chip_douglas
    • Nov 28, 2004

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    • Release date
      • September 1956 (Austria)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Filming locations
      • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production company
      • Arion-Film
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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