In Bed by Eight

In Bed by Eight
Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Written by	Janne Furch Eckart Hachfeld [de]
Produced by	Herbert Gruber Karl Schwetter
Starring	Peter Alexander Gitte Hænning Ingeborg Schöner Gunther Philipp
Cinematography	Sepp Ketterer
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Johannes Fehring Heinz Gietz [de] Gerhard Winkler
Production companies	Sascha Film Schlaraffia Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	15 January 1965 (1965-01-15)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

In Bed by Eight (German: ...und sowas muß um acht ins Bett) is a 1965 Austrian-West German black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Gitte Hænning and Ingeborg Schöner.[1][2]

It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Synopsis

A teacher at a boarding school in the Carinthian mountains has to deal with an extremely difficult class. Led by the troublesome Princess Margaret they write fake love letters from him to his female colleague, eventually launching a romance between them.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Dr. Eduard Frank
• Gitte Hænning as Prinzessin Margaret
• Ingeborg Schöner as Angelika Weiß
• Gunther Philipp as Dr. Arthur Schäfer
• Loni Heuser as Frau Dr. Diehlmann
• Lotte Lang as Frau Dr. Schwabe
• Peter Gerhard [de] as Direktor Rieger
• Helli Servi [de] as Fräulein Bichler
• Elisabeth Stiepl as Fräulein Hampel
• Gisela Hahn as Ines
• Rudolf Vogel as Hofrat Andersen

References

1. Und sowas muß um acht ins Bett, Lexikon des internationalen Films [de] (in German)
2. Von Dassanowsky p.184

Bibliography

• Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• In Bed by Eight at IMDb