My Sixteen Sons | |
Director: | Hans Domnick |
Producer: | Hans Domnick |
Starring: | Lil Dagover Karl Ludwig Diehl Else Reval |
Music: | Wolfgang Zeller |
Editing: | Hans Domnick |
Studio: | Hans Domnick Filmproduktion |
Distributor: | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
My Sixteen Sons (German: Meine 16 Söhne) is a 1956 West German musical drama film directed by Hans Domnick and starring Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Else Reval.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon.
Frau Giselius hosts a music competition in Bremen in memory of her son who was killed in the Second World War. To promote European harmony, she invites four string quartets, two from Germany and one each from France and Switzerland. She affectionately refers to the competitors as her "sixteen sons".