Father, Mother and Nine Children

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Father, Mother and Nine Children
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Directed by Erich Engels
Written by
Produced by Otto Meissner
Starring
Cinematography Albert Benitz
Edited by Martha Dübber
Music by
Production
company
Deutsche Film Hansa
Distributed byDeutsche Film Hansa
Release date
  • 19 December 1958 (1958-12-19)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Father, Mother and Nine Children (German : Vater, Mutter und neun Kinder) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Heinz Erhardt, Camilla Spira and Corny Collins. [1]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

Synopsis

Friedrich Schiller, a baker and respected family man with nine children, is wrongly suspected of having an affair with his employer's wife.

Cast

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.113

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