Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955 film)

Three Days Confined to Barracks (German: Drei Tage Mittelarrest) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser and Eva Probst.^[1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It is a remake of the 1930 comedy film Three Days Confined to Barracks. Like its predecessor it is a comic portrayal of life in the German Army at the beginning of the century.

Three Days Confined to Barracks
German film poster
German	Drei Tage Mittelarrest
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Bobby E. Lüthge (screenplay 1930) Károly Nóti (screenplay 1930) Georg Jacoby Klaus Günther Neumann
Produced by	Franz Tappers
Starring	Ernst Waldow Grethe Weiser Eva Probst
Cinematography	Erich Claunigk
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Standard-Filmverleih
Distributed by	Deutsche London-Film
Release date	9 September 1955 (1955-09-09)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Ernst Waldow as Bürgemeister
• Grethe Weiser as Klara
• Eva Probst as Grete
• Ruth Stephan as Auguste
• Elfie Pertramer as Dienstmädchen Frieda
• Ilse Petri as Dienstmädchen Bertha
• Maria Litto as Laja Patacki Tänzerin
• Willy Fritsch as Major von Faber
• Erwin Strahl as Oberleutnant von Feldern
• Willi Rose as Feldwebel Krause
• Walter Müller as Musketier Max Plettke
• Franz Muxeneder as Musketier Franz Nowalski
• Klaus Günther Neumann as Musketier Mielke
• Charles Palent as Musketier Junigkeit
• Günther Jerschke as Musketier Sanftmut
• Joachim Teege as Standesamtdiener Storch
• Heinz Erhardt as Schreiber Zippert
• Manfred Steffen as Adjudant