---
title: 'The Great Skate (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Antel'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-skate-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058160/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Skate (1964)

1964 · 99 min · Romance · Germany, Austria

Original title: Die große Kür

## Synopsis

The Great Skate or Free Skating is a 1964 Austrian-West German musical romantic comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Marika Kilius, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Paul Hörbiger and Mady Rahl. It was filmed at the Wiener Stadthalle studios in Vienna and on location in Montreux and Saint-Tropez. The film's sets were designed by the art director 
Horst Hennicke. It was produced in the wake of the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1964 World Figure Skating Championships in which the two leads Kilius and Bäumler had won medals. It was followed by a 1967 sequel The Great Happiness.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Antel](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-antel)
- **Screenplay:** [Kurt Nachmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-nachmann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Erwin Halletz](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-halletz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Siegfried Hold](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-hold)
- **Editor:** [Arnfried Heyne](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnfried-heyne)

## Cast

- [Wolf Albach-Retty](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-albach-retty)
- [Marte Harell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marte-harell)
- [Gunther Philipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-philipp)
- [Hans-Jürgen Bäumler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jurgen-baumler)
- [Peter Kraus](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-kraus)
- [Marika Kilius](https://cinepixo.com/people/marika-kilius)
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Heinz Erhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-erhardt)

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