Kissing Is No Sin (1950 film) explained

Kissing Is No Sin
Director:	Hubert Marischka
Editing:	Adolf Schlyssleder
Distributor:	Union Film
Runtime:	107 minutes

Kissing Is No Sin (German: Küssen ist keine Sünd) is a 1950 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Curd Jürgens, Hans Olden and Hans Moser.^[1] The film takes its title from the waltz "Küssen ist keine Sünd" in Edmund Eysler's 1903 operetta Bruder Straubinger and features the song in its soundtrack.^[2]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Salzburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.

Cast

• Curd Jürgens as Kammersänger, Felix Alberti
• Hans Olden as Ferdinand Schwaighofer, sein Impresario
• Hans Moser as Alois Eder, Gastwirt zur 'Goldenen Gans'
• Erika von Thellmann as Anastasia, seine Frau
• Elfie Mayerhofer as Tilly, deren Tochter
• Adolf Gondrell as Generaldirektor Steinberger
• Gisela Fackeldey as Mara, seine Freundin
• Hans Leibelt
• Theodor Danegger
• Max Schipper as Leopold, Gastwirt
• Gertrud Wolle as Hildegard
• Hélène Robert as Kathi
• Axel Scholtz as Kellnerjunge, Eduard
• Rudolf Schündler
• Hugo Gottschlich
• Hans Hais
• Paul Mahr
• Thea Aichbichler
• Richard Bender
• Rita Rechenberg
• Heinz Beck
• Franz Loskarn
• Rolf Pinegger
• Wastl Witt
• Herbert Hübner as Christian Reinecke, Oberlehrer

References

1. Von Dassanowsky p.138
2. Höfig, Willi (1973). Der deutsche Heimatfilm 1947-1960, p. 229. F. Enke.

Bibliography

• Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.