The Big Chance (1957 German film)

The Big Chance
Poster
Directed by	Hans Quest
Written by	Janne Furch Werner Eplinius Aldo von Pinelli
Produced by	Peter Schaeffers
Starring	Walter Giller Gardy Granass Michael Cramer
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Lotar Olias
Production company	Melodie Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	26 September 1957 (1957-09-26)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Big Chance (German: Die große Chance) is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Walter Giller, Gardy Granass and Michael Cramer.^[1] Shot and set in Heidelberg, it was one of a series of Schlager music films made around the time.^[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Helmut Nentwig. It was shot in Agfacolor.

Main cast

• Walter Giller as Walter Gerber
• Gardy Granass as Ruth Degner
• Michael Cramer as Manfred Hallersperg
• Wera Frydtberg as Erika Hallersperg
• Robert Freitag as Kaplan Sommer
• Loni Heuser as Henriette 'Henny' Hallersperg
• Käthe Haack as Anna Gerber
• Ernst Waldow as Tankstellenbesitzer Oskar Magenau
• Friedrich Domin as Bischof
• Peter Lühr as Studienrat Heinrich Gerber
• Bruno Fritz as Fabrikant Otto Hallersperg
• Johanna Hofer as Großmutter Degner
• Erna Sellmer as Wirtschafterin Luise
• Gisela Schlüter as Susi Viereck
• Harald Martens as Eugen Gerber
• Renate Danz as Lilli
• Klaus Behrendt as Klaus Pranner
• Willi Schaeffers as Theo Janicke
• Ernst Jacobi as Tommy Reichmann
• Willi Rose as Willi Baumann
• Lou Seitz as Frau Lehmann, Köchin
• Peter Vogel as Peter Fiedler
• Harald Dietl as Heinz
• Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Conferencier
• Freddy Quinn as Freddy

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Big Chance at IMDb