Acting
Peter Alexander's desperate physical comedy sells every lie.
Production
Glorious 1959 Austrian ski resort aesthetic, pure postcard nostalgia.
Director
Géza von Cziffra
Peter Alexander
Peter Schatz
Germaine Damar
Renate Hartwig
Ruth Stephan
Mathilde Hütchen
Maria Sebaldt
Marilyn
Oskar Sima
Direktor Wilfried Adler
Ernst Waldow
General Bumm
Agnes Windeck
Rose
Anneliese Würtz
Marie
Edith Hancke
Fräulein Lehmann
Jo Herbst
Dr. Klaus Maria Weichholz
Axel Monjé
Marilyns Komplize
Friedrich Schoenfelder
Toni Hartwig
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Alexander became Austria's biggest entertainment star; this early role established his 'charming incompetent' trademark.
The film captures 1950s Wirtschaftswunder leisure culture—skiing as nouveau-riche status symbol ripe for satire.
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