The White Horse Inn (1960 film)

The White Horse Inn
Peter Alexander at the entrance to the Inn
Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Written by	Helmuth M. Backhaus Janne Furch Hans Müller-Einigen (libretto) Erik Charell (libretto) Ralph Benatzky (libretto) Oscar Blumenthal (play) Gustav Kadelburg (play)
Produced by	Herbert Gruber (producer) Günther Stapenhorst (producer) Walter Tjaden (executive producer) Rudolf Wischert (executive producer)
Starring	Peter Alexander Waltraut Haas Adrian Hoven
Cinematography	Heinz Schnackertz
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Heinz Gietz
Production companies	Carlton-Film Sascha-Verleih
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	20 December 1960
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

The White Horse Inn (originally Im weißen Rößl) is a 1960 Austrian-West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Waltraut Haas and Adrian Hoven. It is based on the 1930 operetta The White Horse Inn by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz, Wolf Englert and Sepp Rothaur. It was shot at the Bergland Studios in Wels in Upper Austria and on location in St. Wolfgang.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Leopold Brandmeyer
• Waltraut Haas as Josepha Vogelhuber
• Adrian Hoven as Dr. Siedler
• Karin Dor as Brigitte Giesecke
• Estella Blain as Klärchen Hinzelmann
• Gunther Philipp as Sigismund Sülzheimer
• Werner Finck as Prof. Hinzelmann
• Erik Jelde as Wilhelm Giesecke
• Frithjof Vierock as Piccolo Franzl
• Hugo Lindinger as Bürgermeister
• Rudolf Carl as Anton
• Ruth Winter as Mirzl
• Raoul Retzer as Feuerwehrhauptmann
• Hanita Hallan as Verena-Sister
• Fritz Heller as Portier
• Rut Rex as Verena-Sister
• Fritz Lafontaine

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Im weißen Rößl at IMDb
• Im weißen Rößl is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive