The Legs of Dolores

1957 film

Germaine Damar
Claus Biederstaedt
Ruth Stephan

CinematographyGeorg BruckbauerEdited byIngrid WackerMusic byMichael Jary

Production
company

Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion

Distributed byConstantin Film

Release date

18 November 1957 (1957-11-18)

Running time

105 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

The Legs of Dolores (German: Die Beine von Dolores) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Germaine Damar, Claus Biederstaedt, and Ruth Stephan.^[1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Theo Zwierski.

Cast

Germaine Damar as Dolores Martens, Tänzerin
Claus Biederstaedt as Dr. Hans Lorenz
Ruth Stephan as Auguste Link, Chefin des "Pigalle"
Theo Lingen as Theobald Schreyer, Finanzier
Gunther Philipp
Bum Krüger as Adalbert Martens, Vater von Dolores
Ralf Wolter as Mecki Wenzel, ein Alles-Könner
Bobby Todd as Herr Lehmann, Sektfabrikant
Lotte Rausch as Hildegard Lehmann, seine Gattin
Waltraut Runze as Schwester Elvira
Hans Schwarz Jr. as 1. Pfleger in der Klinik
Karin Faber as Betty Haas, Tänzerin
Grethe Weiser as Martha Martens, Mutter von Dolores
Lys Assia as Sängerin
René Carol as Sänger
Betty Miller as Sängerin
Peters Sisters as Sängerinnen
Olive Moorefield as Sängerin
Owen William as Sänger
Christa Williams as Sängerin
Udo Jürgens as Sänger
Die Penny Pipers as Gesangsgruppe
Die Starletts as Gesangsgruppe
Renée Franke as Singer, Bimmelbahn Boogie
Detlev Lais as Singer

References

^ Koepnick p. 66

Bibliography

Schindler, Stephan K.; Koepnick, Lutz, eds. (2007). The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06966-8.