My Name is Niki
Directed byRudolf Jugert
Written byErna Fentsch
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byFritz Stapenhorst
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Georg Witt-Film
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
5 August 1952
Running time
101 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

My Name is Niki (German: Ich heiße Niki) is a 1952 West German comedy drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Paul Hörbiger, Aglaja Schmid and Hardy Krüger.[1] It was made by Bavaria Film at the company's Munich Studios and on location in the city and in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Botho Höfer.

Synopsis

While travelling on a train civil servant Hieronymus Spitz encounters a young woman Winnie and her child Niki. When the train pulls into a station she gets off, leaving Niki and her suitcase behind. A letter reveals that she cannot look after the boy and entrusts him to Spitz. He plans to give the child to the authorities, but changes his mind at the urging of his landlady Jette and the two plan to raise the boy themselves.

Winnie had abandoned Niki because he was illegitimate and she plans to emigrate to America with her fiancee Paul, and she fears he won't accept another man's child. Having regrets, she skips the ship and instead begins to search for son in Munich. Paul, having discovered the truth, comes after her. The two join forces to find Niki. When at last he is discovered at Spitz's house, the civil servant is very reluctant to hand the child over. Due to his engaging personality, Niki has completely transformed the staid civil servant's life.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Parish p.267

Bibliography

  • James Robert Parish. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
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