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Peter Shoots Down the Bird (German: Peter schießt den Vogel ab) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Germaine Damar and Maria Sebaldt.[1]

Peter Shoots Down the Bird
German	Peter schießt den Vogel ab
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk Géza von Cziffra
Produced by	Artur Brauner Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Peter Alexander Germaine Damar Maria Sebaldt
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Kurt Feltz Heinz Gietz
Production companies	CCC Film Alfa Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	14 May 1959 (1959-05-14)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	German French English

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Heinrich Weidemann.

Plot

The porter at a hotel has ambitions to travel the world, and so quits his jobs and travels to a ski resort, trying to pass himself off as a wealthy cattle baron to impress a woman.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Peter Schatz
• Germaine Damar as Renate Hartwig
• Maria Sebaldt as Marilyn
• Oskar Sima as Director Wilfried Adler
• Ernst Waldow as General Bumm
• Agnes Windeck as Rose
• Anneliese Würtz as Marie
• Edith Hancke as Fräulein Lehmann
• Jo Herbst as Dr. Klaus Maria Weichholz
• Axel Monjé as Marilyn's accomplice
• Friedrich Schoenfelder as Toni Hartwig
• Bob Iller as Portier Blümli
• Herbert Weissbach as Mr. Pieps
• Hans W. Hamacher as Lawyer Hammel
• Christine von Trümbach
• Ruth Stephan as Mathilde Hütchen

Soundtrack

• Peter Alexander - "Ins weiße Wolkenschlößchen"
• Peter Alexander - "Hol den Peter"
• Peter Alexander - "Piccolo-Ponny"
• Peter Alexander - "Torero der Liebe"

References

External links

• Peter Shoots Down the Bird at IMDb
• Peter Shoots Down the Bird is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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