Frau Sixta

Frau Sixta is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner.^[1] It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn.^[2]

Frau Sixta
German film poster
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Anton Kutter Max Mell
Based on	Frau Sixta by Ernst Zahn
Produced by	Peter Ostermayr
Starring	Gustav Fröhlich Franziska Kinz Ilse Werner
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Paul May
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	Tonlicht-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	7 September 1938 (1938-09-07)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the winter sports resort of Kühtai in the Austrian Tyrol.

Plot

In the 1860s, a widow runs a post coach station near the Italian border. One day a former army officer arrives on his way to Italy. She persuades him to stay and work for her, and before long they begin a relationship. Complications ensue when her daughter returns home from boarding school and develops an attachment to her mother's lover.

Cast

• Gustav Fröhlich as Markus
• Franziska Kinz as Frau Sixta
• Ilse Werner as Otti, their daughter
• Josefine Dora as Dora, Beschließerin
• Josef Eichheim as Hannes
• Beppo Brem as Korbinian
• Gustav Waldau as Baron Kramer
• Eduard Köck as Pankraz, the old servant
• Heidemarie Hatheyer as Anna, waitress
• Willy Rösner as Forcher, community leader
• Ernst Pröckl as district governor
• Hertha von Hagen as matron
• Walter Holten as customs inspector
• Karl Theodor Langen as municipal secretary
• Rolf Pinegger as Brandner
• Thea Aichbichler as Brandnerin