A Glass of Water (1960 film)

A Glass of Water
German film poster
GermanEin Glas Wasser
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written byEugène Scribe (play)
Helmut Käutner
Willibald Eser
Produced byGeorg Richter
StarringGustaf Gründgens
Liselotte Pulver
Sabine Sinjen
CinematographyGünther Anders
Edited byKlaus Dudenhöfer
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
company
Deutsche Film Hansa
Distributed byDeutsche Film Hansa
Release date
  • 6 July 1960 (1960-07-06)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

A Glass of Water (German: Das Glas Wasser) is a 1960 West German comedy-musical film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Gustaf Gründgens, Liselotte Pulver and Sabine Sinjen. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1842 French play Le Verre d'eau by Eugène Scribe and is set in London in 1710 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.

  1. ^ "A Glass of Water". Film Affinity. Retrieved 3 September 2021.