I've seen this movie several times and last time I did I caught the name of New Orleans born Austrian Cheryl Benard playing little "Hannerl". Meanwhile she has changed from child actress to feminist writer (mostly with co-author Edith Schlaffer). Could it be that this prototype-feminist film from 1958 influenced then five year old Cheryl to later writing feminist theory? Anyway this film is much above the usual "Heimatfilm" level, dealing - in an entertaining way - with social progress (acceptance of a woman as a doctor in a small Bavarian town). Compare that to the "blood and soil" attitude of almost every other "Heimatfilm"! Also routine "Heimatfilm" characters Prack, Vogel and Haagen as well as Cologne comedian Millowitsch are doing a good job.