This indestructible classic was filmed in 1958 by successful director Paul May (1909-1976), who had also filmed "08/15", "Und ewig singen die Wälder" and "Via Mala" was still to film. It was produced by the Divina-Film of the incomparable Ilse Kubaschewski, who also had the film marketed through her Gloria film distributor. The film was shot in beautiful Neubeuern, which today belongs to the Rosenheim district.
A young country doctor (Marianne Koch, who has just celebrated her 90th birthday) runs a practice on Lake Tegernsee and has to assert herself against a lot of resistance. Of course, she also finds great love in the form of her veterinarian colleague (Rudolf Prack, 1905-1981). The whole thing is very predictable, but immensely enjoyable and wonderful to watch.
The cast of the other roles is interesting. The wonderful Margarete Haagen (1889-1966) can be seen as a brilliant doctor's assistant. This great actress only came to film at the age of 50. As Grandma Jantzen from the "Immenhof" films, the Nuremberg native will never be forgotten.
The beautiful Maria Perschy (1938-2004) is there as an unwanted pregnant woman. The Austrian actress also made her international debut in the 1960s. In 1963 she starred alongside Rock Hudson in "Man's Favorite Sport?".
The hormonally controlled father of the child is played by the Swiss actor Roland Carey (1933-2019), who is perhaps the film's greatest discovery. The broad-shouldered acrobat had already gotten a taste of film life as Burt Lancaster's double in "Trapez". Roland Carey, who was born in Lausanne, was also a trained actor. From 1960 onwards - thanks to his outstanding physique - he made sandal films in Rome ("I giganti della Tessaglia"). Unfortunately he has been somewhat forgotten.
The legendary folk actor Willy Millowitsch (1909-1999) is there as Kölsche Jung, who was enormously popular in the 1980s by broadcasting plays from his Millowitsch Theater on television. His funeral in Cologne in 1999 was almost on the scale of a state funeral.
And then there is the main actress herself! It is known that Marianne Koch actually practiced as a doctor in her second life. What is less known, however, is that she started the era of spaghetti westerns together with Clint Eastwood with "For a Fistful of Dollars" (1964). Hats off to this wonderful actress!
