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Meine Frau macht Musik (1958)

Meine Frau macht Musik poster
Directed by
Hans Heinrich
Genre
musical film
Country
German Democratic Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
0.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman pursues a career in music, causing comedic friction with her husband. The film follows their antics as she tries to balance family life with her musical ambitions.

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What happens

My Wife Makes Music (German: Meine Frau macht Musik) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oskar Pietsch. The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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