Hello Taxi
1958 film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt
Hello Taxi (German: Hallo Taxi) is a 1958 Austrian comedy film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger and Oskar Sima.
It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna.
Plot
Two old friends in Vienna, both carriage drivers, fall out when one of them buys a modern taxi.
Main cast
Hans Moser as Leopold Gruber
Paul Hörbiger as Franz Schwarzl
Oskar Sima as Kommerzienrat Schellnegger
Lucie Englisch as Adele Schellnegger
Gerlinde Locker as Lisa
Walter Kohut as Herbert Gerlinger
Brigitte Antonius as Pipsi
Jürgen Holl as Karl Schellnegger
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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