How Do We Tell Our Children?

How Do We Tell Our Children? (German: Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern?) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Leny Marenbach, Mathias Wieman and Hilde Körber.^[1] Made by the major German studio UFA, the film was not released until 21 December 1949 in Berlin and 13 March 1951 in Austria.^[2]

How Do We Tell Our Children?
Directed by	Hans Deppe
Written by	Wilhelm Ehlers Luiselotte Enderle Toni Huppertz Heinz Riedel Volker von Collande
Produced by	Erich Holder
Starring	Leny Marenbach Mathias Wieman Hilde Körber
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	Stern-Film Verleih
Release date	21 December 1949 (1949-12-21)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Vorwerg. Shooting took place in the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Dresden and Switzerland.

Synopsis

In a suburb of Dresden, a widowed doctor with four children lives opposite a divorcee with three children. Gradually they fall in love despite the constant feuding between their children.

Cast

• Leny Marenbach as Käthe Westhoff
• Mathias Wieman as Dr. Thomas Hofer
• Hilde Körber as Adele
• Ernst Waldow as Diesing
• Babsi Schultz-Reckewell as Sigrid
• Edmund van Kann as Klaus
• Jürgen Tusch as Wölfchen
• Hans-Dieter Gotzmann as Erich
• Herbert Stetza as Theo
• Hans Neie as Kurt
• Jürgen Peter Jacoby as Pepi
• Franz Schafheitlin
• Alexa von Porembsky

See also

• Überläufer