Wild West in Upper Bavaria (German: Wildwest in Oberbayern) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Joe Stöckel, Margarete Haagen and Renate Mannhardt.Drexl p.162Schulz p.85 It was shot at the Schwanthalerhöh Studios in Munich and on location in the valley of the Isar. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.
Synopsis A Berlin-based film company sends a film crew out to Upper Bavaria to film a western in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, taking over the home of Alois Salvermoser, the innkeeper in a small village. The villagers are cast in roles in the film, including Alois as Chief Wild Buffalo, causing total chaos.
Cast Joe Stöckel as Alois Salvermoser - Ochsenwirt Margarete Haagen as Mathilde, seine Frau Renate Mannhardt as Vevi - ihre Tochter Volker von Collande as Hans - Gestütsverwalter Lucie Englisch as Zenzi - Magd beim Ochsenwirt Beppo Brem as Sepp - Holzknecht Hella Petri as Lola Glamotta Fred Kraus as Erwin Flintsch Paul Demel as Regisseur Ruck-Zuck-Film Rudolf Platte as Aufnahmeleiter Bletschge Walter Giller as 2.Aufnahmeleiter Schmittchen
References
Bibliography Drexl, Cindy. Faszination Wilder Westen: Living History im Kosmos des Münchner Cowboy-Clubs. Waxmann Verlag, 2022. Schulz, Günter. Ausländische Spiel- und abendfüllende Dokumentarfilme in den Kinos der SBZ/DDR, 1945–1966. Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, 2001.
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