Twelve Hearts for Charly

Twelve Hearts for Charly
Directed by	Fritz Andelfinger Elly Rauch
Written by	Karl Georg Külb
Starring	Willy Fritsch Heli Finkenzeller Dorit Kreysler
Cinematography	Hans Hauptmann Walter Pindter
Edited by	Friedel Buckow
Music by	Norbert Schultze
Production company	Cinephon-Film
Distributed by	Fortuna-Filmverleih
Release date	6 May 1949 (1949-05-06)
Running time	96 minutes
Language	German

Twelve Hearts for Charly (German: Zwölf Herzen für Charly) is a 1949 German musical comedy film directed by Fritz Andelfinger and Elly Rauch and starring Willy Fritsch, Heli Finkenzeller and Dorit Kreysler. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film was temporarily banned in the American zone of occupation because of its perceived negative portrayal of American soldiers.

Synopsis

Two twin brothers are separated at birth and one is raised in America while the other grows up in Germany. After the Second World War, the American twin arrives as part of the occupation forces and leads a jazz band in his spare time. His brother, by contrast, teaches classical music at a girls school. After accidentally meeting, the two brothers decide to switch places, leading to many comic and romantic complications.

Cast

• Willy Fritsch as Dr. Wolfgang Amadeus Wagenbichler / Charly
• Heli Finkenzeller as Gabriele
• Käte Pontow as Annemarie
• Erika von Thellmann as Frau v. Auersbach
• Dorit Kreysler as Frau Eichhorn
• Penelope de Wall as Dorle, Kind
• Helga Mietzner as Maridl
• Wolf Harro as Toni, Sportlehrer
• Robert Demps as Georg Washington, Musiker
• Hans Hermann Pfeiffer as Dolmetscher

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009, Paper ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9, e-book ISBN 978-0-85745-565-9, doi:10.3167/9781571816559.
• Fay, Jennifer. Theaters of Occupation: Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8166-4744-6, ISBN 978-0-8166-4745-3

External links

• Twelve Hearts for Charly at IMDb