Because the muse doesn't want to kiss them in the city, musicians Theo and Bert jet out into the countryside. A bell-like voice from the stables promptly catches their attention. But instead of a fair beauty, they find a dirty stable boy. Amused, they choose him as their servant. The boys have no idea that the boy is Liesel, the charcoal-burner's daughter in disguise.
Costume
One smudge of dirt = perfect male disguise apparently.
Score
Non-stop Heimat schmaltz that slaps harder than it should.
Director
August Rieger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heimatfilme like this dominated West German box offices in the late 1950s-60s, selling rural nostalgia to urban audiences who'd fled the actual countryside.
Gerlinde Locker later became a prolific voice actor, including dubbing Julie Andrews in German releases—fitting for someone who spent this entire film pretending to be someone else.
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