The Big Chance (1957 German film)

The Big Chance  (Die große Chance) is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Walter Giller, Gardy Granass and Michael Cramer. Shot and set in Heidelberg, it was one of a series of Schlager music films made around the time.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Helmut Nentwig. It was shot in Agfacolor.

Main cast

 * Walter Giller as Walter Gerber
 * Gardy Granass as Ruth Degner
 * Michael Cramer as Manfred Hallersperg
 * Wera Frydtberg as Erika Hallersperg
 * Robert Freitag as Kaplan Sommer
 * Loni Heuser as Henriette 'Henny' Hallersperg
 * Käthe Haack as Anna Gerber
 * Ernst Waldow as Tankstellenbesitzer Oskar Magenau
 * Friedrich Domin as Bischof
 * Peter Lühr as Studienrat Heinrich Gerber
 * Bruno Fritz as Fabrikant Otto Hallersperg
 * Johanna Hofer as Großmutter Degner
 * Erna Sellmer as Wirtschafterin Luise
 * Gisela Schlüter as Susi Viereck
 * Harald Martens as Eugen Gerber
 * Renate Danz as Lilli
 * Klaus Behrendt as Klaus Pranner
 * Willi Schaeffers as Theo Janicke
 * Ernst Jacobi as Tommy Reichmann
 * Willi Rose as Willi Baumann
 * Lou Seitz as Frau Lehmann, Köchin
 * Peter Vogel as Peter Fiedler
 * Harald Dietl as Heinz
 * Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Conferencier
 * Freddy Quinn as Freddy