My Sixteen Sons

My Sixteen Sons
Directed byHans Domnick
Written byHans Domnick
Produced byHans Domnick
StarringLil Dagover
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Else Reval
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byHans Domnick
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Hans Domnick Filmproduktion
Distributed bySchorcht Filmverleih
Release date
  • 9 March 1956 (1956-03-09)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

My Sixteen Sons (German: Meine 16 Söhne) is a 1956 West German musical drama film directed by Hans Domnick and starring Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Else Reval.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon.

Synopsis

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Frau Giselius hosts a music competition in Bremen in memory of her son who was killed in the Second World War. To promote European harmony, she invites four string quartets, two from Germany and one each from France and Switzerland. She affectionately refers to the competitors as her "sixteen sons".

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.548

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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