The Schimeck Family (1957 film)

The Schimeck Family
Directed byGeorg Jacoby
Written byHelmuth M. Backhaus
Karl Farkas
Based onThe Schimek Family by Gustaf Kadelburg
Produced byAlfred Stöger
StarringTheo Lingen
Fita Benkhoff
Helga Neuner
CinematographyElio Carniel
Edited byRenate Jelinek
Music byHeinz Sandauer
Production
company
Vienna Mundus
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 24 May 1957 (1957-05-24)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

The Schimeck Family (German: Familie Schimek) is a 1957 Austrian comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Theo Lingen, Fita Benkhoff and Helga Neuner.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer. It is loosely based on the play of the same title by Gustaf Kadelburg, which had previously been adapted into a 1935 German film The Schimeck Family.

  1. ^ Von Dassanowsky p.173