Heaven Is Never Booked Up

Heaven Is Never Booked Up (German: Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft) is a 1955 West German romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Hardy Krüger, Irene Galter and Peer Schmidt.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Berlin and Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Heaven Is Never Booked Up
Directed byAlfred Weidenmann
Written byHermann Bernick
Herbert Reinecker
Produced byGeorg Mohr
Dietrich von Theobald
StarringHardy Krüger
Irene Galter
Peer Schmidt
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited byCarl Otto Bartning
Music byHeino Gaze
Heinrich Riethmüller
Production
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Distributed byPrisma Film
Release date
  • 21 July 1955 (1955-07-21)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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Four student friends in West Berlin enjoy life despite their shortage of money. At the airport one day they encounter the attractive Italian Angelina Borelli and offer to give her a lift to her aunt's house. All take a romantic shine to her, but to their surprise she is interested in Michael, the shy economics student. When she has to go back to Italy, his academic work suffers. But an international football match in Rome allows him to reunite with her.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.268

Bibliography

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