Here I Am, Here I Stay is a 1959 West German

Cinema of Germany

Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...

 musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Werner Jacobs

Werner Jacobs

-Selected filmography:* Gitarren der Liebe * André and Ursula * San Salvatore * Santa Lucia * The Count of Luxemburg * Münchhausen in Afrika * Here I Am, Here I Stay...

 and starring Caterina Valente

Caterina Valente

Caterina Valente is a singer, dancer, and actress. She was born into an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown...

, Hans Holt

Hans Holt

Hans Holt was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1935 and 1990.-Selected filmography:* Florentine * Dir zuliebe * 1. April 2000 * Almost Angels...

 and Ruth Stephan

Ruth Stephan

Ruth Stephan was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films.- Biography :Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife Kriemhilde...

. A guest performance by Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets , was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of...

 was filmed in October 1958 and included Haley and Valente dueting on "Vive la Rock and Roll"; Haley additionally performs "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy" on-screen and "Whoa Mabel" off-screen.

Selected cast

• Caterina Valente
  Caterina Valente
  Caterina Valente is a singer, dancer, and actress. She was born into an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown...
  
  : Caterine
• Hans Holt
  Hans Holt
  Hans Holt was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1935 and 1990.-Selected filmography:* Florentine * Dir zuliebe * 1. April 2000 * Almost Angels...
  
  : Baron Hubert von Löwenherz
• Ruth Stephan
  Ruth Stephan
  Ruth Stephan was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films.- Biography :Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife Kriemhilde...
  
  : Lucie
• Boy Gobert
  Boy Gobert
  -Selected filmography:* The Ideal Woman * Die Fledermaus * Emma Hamilton * Shadow of Angels * The Roaring Fifties -External links:...
  
  : Gustave
• Margarete Haagen: Baronin Appollonia von Löwenherz
• Paul Henckels
  Paul Henckels
  Paul Henckels was a German film actor. He appeared in over 230 films between 1921 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* Sex in Chains * Skandal um Eva * Dreyfus * The Sorceror...
  
  : Baron Eduard von Löwenherz
• Ann Smyrner
  Ann Smyrner
  Ann Smyrner is a Danish actress who was active in the 1960s in Italy, the USA, Austria and West Germany. She played in adventure, comedy, science fiction, crime, and horror movies, among which are the Sidney Pink science fiction movies Reptilicus and Journey to the Seventh Planet .Ann Smyrner...
  
  : Karin
• Wolfgang Müller: Pierre
• Wolfgang Neuss: Moderator
• Bill Haley & His Comets
  Bill Haley & His Comets
  Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets , was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of...
  
  : Themselves

Soundtrack

In the late 1980s Bear Family Records of Germany released a soundtrack album for the film, which was notable for including two of the three Bill Haley recordings which had been made exclusively for the movie (including "Vive la Rock and Roll" which featured the then-unprecedented duet between Haley and Caterina Valente, and "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"). The third Haley recording made for the film, "Whoa Mabel", has not surfaced as of 2011 (like the other two it is not the same recording as released by Haley on Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

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