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Die gestohlene Hose (1956)

87 min · Comedy

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Directors

Geza von Cziffra

Cast

Susanne Cramer, Siegfried Breuer Jr., Ruth Stephan, Peter Weck, Margarete Haagen, Oskar Sima, Heinz Erhardt, Paul Westermeier

To stay near the woman he loves, a hotelier’s son takes her aunt’s servant position and sends his own servant to Tyrol in his place.

The story

Viennese hotelier Sebastian Wellner and his son Hans report that their servant, Ferdinand Kofler, has disappeared along with trousers whose pockets held cash. At his father’s request, carefree Hans is meant to learn the hotel business in Tyrol. He falls in love with Edith Martens, the new tenant of his Vienna apartment, who is accompanying her aunt Amalie to Tyrol as she returns to Rabenstein Castle after ten years of occupation. To remain near Edith, Hans takes a position as Amalie’s servant and sends Ferdinand to Tyrol to take the trainee job in his place under Hans’s name.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Viennese hotelier Sebastian Wellner and his son Hans Wellner report that their servant, Ferdinand Kofler, has disappeared along with a pair of trousers whose pockets were filled with cash. It will later turn out that Ferdinand had been staying with a female friend and that no theft was involved. At his father’s request, the carefree Hans is supposed to learn the hotel business in Tyrol. Hans falls in love with Edith Martens, the new tenant of his Vienna apartment. Edith is to accompany her aunt Amalie for a while. Amalie is on her way to Tyrol to live in Rabenstein Castle again after ten years of occupation. To stay near Edith, Hans takes a position as Aunt Amalie’s servant. In his place, Hans sends the servant Ferdinand to Tyrol, where Ferdinand takes up the trainee position under the name “Hans Wellner.”

Genres

Comedy

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