Film stars 1950 up close

Up close and personal with Hans Moser in the Tyrolean Ötztal

Karlheinz Griesser with the young film star Sabine Eggerth, once known from an Erich Kästner film adaptation.(Bild: zVg)

Filming in Oetz and Sautens in the 1950s was uncomplicated and close to the movie stars. An eleven-year-old was allowed to be there as a "set photographer". 

A special story connects "Krone" reader Karlheinz Griesser from Innsbruck with film stars of the 1950s. As an eleven-year-old, he got very close to them. Or rather: the stars came very close to him!

Hans Moser in action. The young photographer was even allowed to be on the film set with his old camera box during filming and take pictures of the stars.(Bild: zVg)

Griesser's mother and sister acted as extras in the movie. Seen here with actor Willi Fritsch.(Bild: zVg)

In 1956, filming took place in Oetz and Sautens for the Heimatfilm "Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n" with Hans Moser in the leading role. "I was allowed to take lots of photos on set with an ancient camera box. The film crew even gave me a ride in their fancy cars," recalls the Tyrolean, who always spent his school vacations in his father's home region of Ötztal.

A big welcome for Heinz Rühmann in Oetz. He wasn't in the movie, but his wife Hertha Feiler was. Rühmann's visit was celebrated in style.(Bild: zVg)

Hans Moser enjoys having his photo taken by the eleven-year-old Tyrolean in front of the film set at Gasthof Stern.(Bild: zVg)

He will never forget the summer of 1956 thanks to many photos with the stars and fond memories of his encounters with them.