Der Hofrat Geiger

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Der Hofrat Geiger
Directed by Hans Wolff
Starring Paul Hörbiger
Maria Andergast
Hans Moser
Waltraut Haas
Music by Hans Lang
Release date
1947
Running time
93 minutes
Country Austria
Language German

Der Hofrat Geiger is a 1947 Austrian film directed by Hans Wolff, based on the musical of the same name by Martin Costa. It is significant for being one of the first Heimatfilme released after the Second World War, and very successful. [1]

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Franz Geiger, a retired councillor, discovers that he has a daughter, Mariandl, the result of a love affair in Spitz eighteen years earlier with a woman named Marianne Mühlhuber. As a result of this, he travels to Spitz with his servant Ferdinand.

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References

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