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Das Glas Wasser

Das Glas Wasser

1960Movie⏱️ 1h 21m
ComedyHistoryMusical
6.6
IMDB Rating
122 votes

In early-18th-century London, Queen Anne, the last of the House of Stuart, is a weak ruler. She is committed to peace in the War of Spanish Succession. The Duchess of Marlborough, whose husband is commander-in-chief of the British...

Director
Helmut Käutner
Writers
Eugène Scribe, Willibald Eser, Helmut Käutner
Stars
Gustaf Gründgens, Liselotte Pulver, Sabine Sinjen
Language
German
Country
West Germany
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens
as Sir Henry St. John
Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver
as Queen Anne
Sabine Sinjen
Sabine Sinjen
as Abigail
Hilde Krahl
Hilde Krahl
as Lady Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Horst Janson
Horst Janson
as Arthur Masham
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster
as Marquis de Torcy
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt
as Thompson, Butler
👤
Bobby Todd
as Maitre de plaisir
👤
Joachim Rake
as Lord Avondale
👤
Herbert Weissbach
as Beichvater

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Hamburg, Germany
Production
Deutsche Film Hansa

🏷️ Keywords

year 17101710slondon englandkingdom of great britainwar of the spanish succession

🎯 Categories

GermanComedyHistoryMusical

⭐ Featured Review

German musical comedy? A good one!
by SMK-42002-08-20
8/10

"German musical comedies of the 1950s and early 1960s are almost throughout rather embarrassing spectacles for a modern audience, made to a formula, full of clichés, films that were already dated when they first came out. In fact, these movies are frequently constructed in a very similar way to Bollywood mainstream flicks, complete with dark-haired seductresses and mustachioed villains, etc. But there are exceptions to this rule and "Das Glas Wasser" is one. The film is witty, intelligent, a little saucy, set with a remarkable (and remarkably clever) production design, and carried b..."

📖 Synopsis

In early-18th-century London, Queen Anne, the last of the House of Stuart, is a weak ruler. She is committed to peace in the War of Spanish Succession. The Duchess of Marlborough, whose husband is commander-in-chief of the British...