Übermut im Salzkammergut (1963)

Mannequin Birgit is frustrated: although she has been with her boyfriend, Rolf Simser, for a long time, he refuses to introduce her to his parents. They live as farmers in the small village of Thomaskirchen and are prejudiced against mannequins. Birgit breaks up with Rolf and heads to Thomaskirchen on her own. She asks around until she finds Farmer Simser, who, right before her eyes, dismisses his maid. On the spur of the moment, Birgit applies for the job as his new maid. After initially being suspicious of her, Farmer and Mrs. Simser take the always-clumsy Birgit into their hearts. Thomaskirchen is divided. On one side is the village council, with its old-fashioned views represented by the mayor. On the other is progress—with jazz music and dancing—which is represented on the council by Ruppich, the gas station owner. In the village, his daughter Christine is notorious for her rebellious ways. After repeatedly showing up at the mayor’s tavern, the “Golden Grape,” with jazz blaring from her transistor radio, she has now been banned from the establishment by the mayor. Christine and her father have repeatedly failed to carry out their plan to open a music café in a vacant castle because of opposition from the authorities. One day, Gus Backus and his acquaintance Dr. Fred Rother arrive in the village, intending only to make a brief stop. They stay when they hear about the “jazz war” in Thomaskirchen. Meanwhile, Birgit has other problems. Rolf has turned up in Thomaskirchen with a blonde woman, Doris, and is playing on Birgit’s jealousy. While Rolf is already loudly making wedding plans with Doris, Birgit finds an admirer in Fred. Together they plan a Miss Thomaskirchen contest, which goes ahead despite opposition from the authorities. In the end, neither the favorite, Christine, nor the beautiful Birgit wins, but the buxom Anka Grabovac. Her admirer, the gendarme Eckzahn, has secretly rigged the ballots. The fraud becomes public only the next day, and Christine is retroactively elected Miss Thomaskirchen. As compensation, the Ruppich family is finally allowed to open their long-awaited music bar for young people in the castle by the lake. Birgit and Rolf also end up as a couple. Birgit had wanted to prepare Rolf’s parents gradually for the fact that she was not a maid but a mannequin. However, Rolf’s father had already seen photos of her in the newspaper and had soon come to terms with having a mannequin as a daughter-in-law. Together, they persuade Rolf’s mother to agree to Rolf and Birgit marrying. She is finally won over by Birgit’s charm.