Die Christel von der Post is a 1956 West German film directed by Karl Anton.

The film is also known as Der Vogelhaendler (German title in Belgium).

The title refers to the leading character, the post mistress Christel, in Carl Zeller's 1891 operetta Der Vogelhändler.

• Gardy Granass as Christel Werner, post mistress
• Hardy Krüger as Horst Arndt, assistant police detective
• Claus Biederstaedt as Mecky Doppler
• Paul Hörbiger as Ferdinand Brenneis, hotel owner
• Hannelore Bollmann as Rita Hohenfeld
• Gunther Philipp as Poldi Blaha
• Carla Hagen as Ruth Bornemann, post mistress
• Lotte Rausch as Ella Lenz, inn keeper
• Ludwig Manfred Lommel as Prof. Hummel, botanist
• Karl Hellmer as Pelzer, hotel porter
• Stanislav Ledinek as Antonio, owner of a beer garden
• Hilde von Stolz as Anni Klewinski
• Oscar Sabo as Klabuschke
• Wulf Rittscher [de] as Klewinski, general direktor
• Hans Schwarz Jr. as Franz, valet
• Erna Haffner [de]
• Bruno W. Pantel [de] as Otto
• Carl Wery as Egon Hanke, police detective
• Rias Tanzorchester [de] as themselves

• "Das will der Papa nicht verstehn (Musik von heute)" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by Hans Bradtke [de])^[1]
• "Das ist typisch italienisch" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by Hans Bradtke)
• "Schreib es mir tausendmal" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by Hans Bradtke)

• The Bird Seller (1935)
• Roses in Tyrol (1940)
• The Bird Seller (1953)
• The Bird Seller (1962)

• Die Christel von der Post at IMDb
• Die Christel von der Post is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• "Schreib es mir tausendmal" on YouTube, Claus Biederstaedt, Gardy Granass