Fanfare of Marriage () is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Hans Grimm and starring Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla and Inge Egger. It is the sequel to the 1951 German film Fanfares of Love. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Genoa and Naples in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Lück and Hans Sohnle. Synopsis While their musician wives are away working on a cruise ship, their husbands are forced to dress up in drag and pretend to be woman in order to convince the social services that they are able to look after their children properly. Cast Dieter Borsche as Hans Mertens Georg Thomalla as Peter Schmidt Inge Egger as Gaby Mertens Fita Benkhoff as Daisy van Roy Ilse Petri as Sabine Schmidt Doris Kirchner as Pat Karl Schönböck as Dobler Hubert von Meyerinck as Hornisse Paul Henckels as Kapitän Rudolf Vogel as Wurm Margarete Haagen as Schwester Rosmarie Liesl Karlstadt as Rebecca Lina Carstens as Mrs. Yell Bruno Hübner as Arzt References Bibliography Terri Ginsberg & Andrea Mensch. A Companion to German Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. External links 1953 films 1953 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Grimm Cross-dressing in film German sequel films German black-and-white films 1950s German films