Peter Shoots Down the Bird

Peter Shoots Down the Bird
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk Géza von Cziffra
Produced by	Artur Brauner Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Peter Alexander Germaine Damar Maria Sebaldt
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Kurt Feltz Heinz Gietz
Production companies	CCC Film Alfa Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	14 May 1959 (1959-05-14)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Peter Shoots Down the Bird (German: Peter schießt den Vogel ab) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Germaine Damar and Maria Sebaldt.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Heinrich Weidemann.

Summary

The porter at a hotel has ambitions to travel the world, and so quits his jobs and travels to a ski resort, trying to pass himself off as a wealthy cattle baron to impress a woman.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Peter Schatz
• Germaine Damar as Renate Hartwig
• Maria Sebaldt as Marilyn
• Oskar Sima as Direktor Wilfried Adler
• Ernst Waldow as General Bumm
• Agnes Windeck as Rose
• Anneliese Würtz as Marie
• Edith Hancke as Fräulein Lehmann
• Jo Herbst as Dr. Klaus Maria Weichholz
• Axel Monjé as Marilyns Komplize
• Friedrich Schoenfelder as Toni Hartwig
• Bob Iller as Portier Blümli
• Herbert Weissbach as Herr Pieps
• Hans W. Hamacher as Lawyer Hammel
• Christine von Trümbach
• Ruth Stephan as Mathilde Hütchen

Soundtrack

• Peter Alexander - "Ins weiße Wolkenschlößchen"
• Peter Alexander - "Hol den Peter"
• Peter Alexander - "Piccolo-Ponny"
• Peter Alexander - "Torero der Liebe"

Bibliography

• Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3186-3.

External links

• Peter Shoots Down the Bird at IMDb
• Peter Shoots Down the Bird is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive