The Fountain of Love

The Fountain of Love

83 mins | Comedy | Jan. 21, 1966

In this comedy, set in an Austrian mountain village, the town leaders conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state.

The Fountain of Love

83 mins | Comedy | Jan. 21, 1966

The Fountain of Love
In this comedy, set in an Austrian mountain village, the town leaders conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state.
Producers Crown International Pictures, Intercontinental Produktion
Original title Die Liebesquelle
Directors Ernst Hofbauer
Writers Walter Schneider

Cast

Sieghardt Rupp

as Nils Hansen

Eddi Arent

as Alwin Knobbe

Christa Linder

as Britta

Marianne Schönauer

as Mrs. von Weyden

Balduin Baas

as Druggist

Helga Marlo

as Caroline

Walter Buschhoff

as Innkeeper

Ellen Umlauf

as Teacher

Werner Abrolat

as John

Emely Reuer

as Frieda

Herbert Tiede

as Priest

Karin Field

as Victoria

Dimitar Panov

as Lars Pogge

Christine Schuberth

as One of Knobbe's girls

Ann Smyrner

as Stina