My Name is Niki

My Name is Niki
My Name is Niki
Directed by	Rudolf Jugert
Written by	Erna Fentsch
Produced by	Willy Jeske; Georg Richter; Georg Witt;
Starring	Paul Hörbiger; Aglaja Schmid; Hardy Krüger;
Cinematography	Josef Illig; Franz Koch; Conrad Storgmeier;
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production; company	Georg Witt-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	5 August 1952;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

My Name is Niki (German: Ich heiße Niki) is a 1952 West German comedy drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Paul Hörbiger, Aglaja Schmid and Hardy Krüger.^[1] It was made by Bavaria Film at the company's Munich Studios and on location in the city and in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Botho Höfer.

Synopsis

While travelling on a train, civil servant Hieronymus Spitz encounters young mother Winnie and her child Niki. When the train pulls into a station she gets off, leaving Niki and her suitcase behind. A letter reveals that she cannot look after the boy and entrusts him to Spitz. He plans to give the child to the authorities, but changes his mind at the urging of his landlady Jette and the two plan to raise the boy themselves.

Winnie abandoned Niki because he was illegitimate and she was planning to emigrate to America with her fiancee Paul, who she feared would not accept another man's child. Having regrets, she skips the ship and instead begins to search for son in Munich. Paul, having discovered the truth, comes after her. The two join forces to find Niki. When at last he is discovered at Spitz's house, the civil servant is very reluctant to hand the child over. Due to his engaging personality, Niki has completely transformed the staid civil servant's life.

Cast

Paul Hörbiger as Hieronymus Spitz
Aglaja Schmid as Winnie
Hardy Krüger as Paul
Erika von Thellmann as Jette
Lina Carstens as Frau Altmann
Heini Göbel as Stangl
Bruno Hübner as Regierungsdirektor
Hans Pössenbacher as Bahnhofsvorstand
Charles Regnier as Redakteur Claus
Hedwig Wangel as Guste
Carsta Löck as Junge Magd
Harry Hertzsch as Kommissar
Ewald Wenck as Schaffner
Claus Hollmann as Niki

References

^ Parish p.267

Bibliography

James Robert Parish. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

My Name is Niki at IMDb

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[1] Parish p.267

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