Crime Tango

Crime Tango
Theatrical film poster
German	Kriminaltango
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Géza von Cziffra
Produced by	Herbert Gruber
Starring	Peter Alexander Vivi Bach Peter Carsten
Cinematography	Sepp Ketterer
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Heinz Gietz [de]
Production company	Sascha-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	15 August 1960 (1960-08-15)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Crime Tango (German: Kriminaltango) is a 1960 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Vivi Bach and Peter Carsten.^[1] It was a remake of the 1949 West German film Dangerous Guests which had also been directed by von Cziffra.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski [de]. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Peter Martens
• Vivi Bach as Inge
• Peter Carsten as Boxer-Franz
• Rudolf Vogel as Servant Lorenz
• Günther Lüders as Uncle Albert
• Margarete Haagen as Aunt Agathe
• Susi Nicoletti as Frau Schleinitz
• Fritz Muliar as Thieving Max
• Rolf Olsen as General Director Schleinitz
• Frauke Sinjen [de] as Elisa
• Sylvia Lydi [de] as Waitress Gerti
• Sieglinde Thomas as Lina
• C.W. Fernbach as Estate Administrator Huber
• Raoul Retzer as Dr. Roeder
• Emanuel Schmied as Jenny
• Boy Gobert as Taschen-August

Soundtrack

• Peter Alexander – "Kriminal-Tango" (Music by Piero Trombetta [it], German lyrics by Kurt Feltz)
• Peter Alexander – "Straße meiner Lieder" ("Quado vien la sera") (Music by Carlo Alberto Rossi, German lyrics by Kurt Feltz)
• Peter Alexander and Vivi Bach – "Mille – Mille – Baci" (Music by Heinz Gietz [de], text by Hans Bradtke [de])
• "Panoptikum" (Music by Heinz Gietz, lyrics by Kurt Feltz)

References

1. von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 188. ISBN 0786420782.

External links

• Crime Tango at IMDb