Bachelor of Hearts
| Bachelor of Hearts | |
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| Directed by | Wolf Rilla |
| Written by | Leslie Bricusse Frederic Raphael |
| Produced by | Vivian Cox |
| Starring | Hardy Krüger Sylvia Syms Ronald Lewis |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Music by | Hubert Clifford |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Bachelor of Hearts is a 1958 British comedy film starring Hardy Krüger as a German who studies at Cambridge University.[1] It was made to cash in on Krüger's popularity following the success of the war film The One That Got Away (1957).[2] It combined elements of A Yank at Oxford with Doctor in the House.[3]
Plot
Young German maths scholar Wolf Hauser (Hardy Krüger) arrives for a year at Cambridge on a Student exchange programme. Settling into his rooms at University College, Wolf has more than his share of trouble negotiating English customs and manners, before he finds a guide and girlfriend in the shape of beautiful blonde Ann (Sylvia Syms).
Cast
- Hardy Krüger as Wolf Hauser
- Sylvia Syms as Ann Wainwright
- Ronald Lewis as Hugo Foster
- Eric Barker as Aubrey Murdock
- Miles Malleson as Dr. Butson
- Newton Blick as Morgan
- Jeremy Burnham as Adrian Baskerville
- Peter Myers as Jeremy
- Philip Gilbert as Conrad Lewis
- Charles Kay as Tom Clark
- John Richardson as Robin
- Gillian Vaughan as Virginia
- Sandra Francis as Lois
- Barbara Steele as Fiona
- Catherine Feller as Helene
- Monica Stevenson as Vanessa
- Pamela Barreaux as Bijou
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Upcott
- Hugh Morton as Lecturer
- Everley Gregg as Lady Don
- Peter Cook as a pedestrian in the street (uncredited; Cook's film debut)
Critical reception
Sky Cinema noted "A pleasant, sunny, incident-filled romantic comedy of university life, if totally without depth."[4]
References
- ^ "Bachelor of Hearts (1958) - Wolf Rilla - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "A BACHELOR OF HEARTS". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 28 January 1959. p. 48. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "The most explosive object to hit Britain since the V2!": The British Films of Hardy Kruger and Anglo-German Relations during the 1950s Williams, Melanie. Cinema Journal46.1 (Fall 2006): 85-107
- ^ "Bachelor of Hearts".
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