My Wife Makes Music Explained

My Wife Makes Music
Director:Hans Heinrich
Music:Gerd Natschinski
Cinematography:Eugen Klagemann
Editing:Friedel Welsandt
Studio:DEFA
Distributor:Progress Film
Runtime:85 minutes
Country:East Germany
Language:German

My Wife Makes Music (German: '''Meine Frau macht Musik''') is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's set's were designed by the art director Oskar Pietsch.

The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.[2]

Synopsis

It was a revue film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.

Cast

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
  2. Feinstein p.141