Der Hofrat Geiger

Der Hofrat Geiger is a 1947 Austrian film directed by Hans Wolff, based on the musical of the same name by Martin Costa. It is significant for being one of the first Heimatfilme released after the Second World War, and very successful.^[1]

Der Hofrat Geiger
Directed by	Hans Wolff
Starring	Paul Hörbiger Maria Andergast Hans Moser Waltraut Haas
Cinematography	Rudolf Icsey
Music by	Hans Lang
Release date	1947 (1947)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Synopsis

Franz Geiger, a retired councillor, discovers that he has a daughter, Mariandl, the result of a love affair in Spitz eighteen years earlier with a woman named Marianne Mühlhuber. As a result of this, he travels to Spitz with his servant Ferdinand.

Cast

• Paul Hörbiger: Franz Geiger^[2]
• Maria Andergast: Marianne Mühlhuber
• Hans Moser: Ferdinand Lechner
• Waltraut Haas: Mariandl^[3]
• Josef Egger as Old Windischgruber
• Hermann Erhardt: Mathias Pfüller
• Louis Soldan: Hans

See also

• Mariandl (1961)