The Unexcused Hour (1957 film)

The Unexcused Hour
Directed by	Willi Forst
Written by	Willi Forst Kurt Nachmann Helmuth Zander
Based on	The Unexcused Hour by Stefan Békeffi and Adorján Stella
Produced by	Herbert Gruber Walter Tjaden
Starring	Adrian Hoven Erika Remberg Hans Moser
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Herma Sandtner
Music by	Heinz Sandauer Helmuth Zander
Production company	Sascha-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Sascha Film (Austria) Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	29 August 1957 (1957-08-29)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

The Unexcused Hour (German: Die unentschuldigte Stunde) is a 1957 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Willi Forst and starring Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg and Hans Moser. It is a remake of the 1937 film of the same title. ^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl-Hermann Joksch, Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting.

Cast

• Adrian Hoven as Dr. Hans Weiringk
• Erika Remberg as Biggi Jäger
• Hans Moser as Schuldiener Aichinger
• Rudolf Forster as Prof. Dr. Weiringk
• Chariklia Baxevanos as Elfriede Dolleschal
• Josef Meinrad as Fabian
• Alma Seidler as Resi
• Erik Frey as Prof. Adamek
• Elisabeth Epp as Frau Prof. Altringer
• Ursula Herking as Frau Moritz
• Elisabeth Markus as Schuldirektorin
• Senta Berger as Charge als Gymnasialschülerin
• Lotte Brackebusch as Frau Direktor Kandler
• Peter Frank as Richard, Cousin von Hans
• Uwe Friedrichsen as Hans Oblatek, Student
• Ruth Grossi as Mia
• Friedrich Jores as Dr. Schmidt
• Sylvia Lydi as Frau Prof. Mornau
• Reinhold Nietschmann as Hugo Jäger
• Harry Payer as Vater Jäger
• Olga Pluess as Wally Blumreich
• Ruth Poelzig as Martha Jäger
• Annelies Schmiedel as Resi
• Lore Schulz as Schülerin Grünauer
• Karl Schönböck as Prof. Hans Weiringer
• Anni Schönhuber as Turnlehrerin
• Kitty Stengl as Mutter Jäger
• Alice Treff as Frau Prof. Haslinger
• Gisela Wessel as Schülerin Kritschke
• Herbert Wilk as Herr Prof. Slatnik
• Liselotte Willführ as Frau Prof. Weide
• Inge Windschild as Fini, Schneidermamsell

References

1. Frank p.228
2. Von Dassanowsky p.181

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Frank, Stefanie Mathilde. Wiedersehen im Wirtschaftswunder: Remakes von Filmen aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik 1949–1963. V&R Unipress, 2017.
• Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• The Unexcused Hour at IMDb