The Beautiful Galatea (film)

The Beautiful Galatea
Directed by	Rolf Meyer
Written by	Kurt E. Walter
Produced by	Rolf Meyer
Starring	Hannelore Schroth Viktor de Kowa Willy Fritsch
Cinematography	Igor Oberberg
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed by	National-Film
Release date	13 April 1950
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Beautiful Galatea (German: Die wunderschöne Galathee) is a 1950 West German romantic comedy film directed by Rolf Meyer and starring Hannelore Schroth, Viktor de Kowa and Willy Fritsch. It is inspired by the story of Pygmalion's statue Galatea.

The film's sets were designed by Franz Schroedter.

Cast

• Hannelore Schroth as Leni Fink
• Viktor de Kowa as Viktor Kolin
• Willy Fritsch as Marcel Thomas
• Gisela Schmidting as Victoria Mertens
• Margarete Haagen as Anastasia
• Erna Sellmer
• Hans Schwarz Jr.
• Ernst Waldow
• Edda Seippel
• Franz Schafheitlin
• Werner Stock
• Albert Florath

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Beautiful Galatea at IMDb