The Cruel Mistress
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Directed by | Carl Lamac |
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Edited by | Ella Ensink |
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Distributed by | Hugo Engel-Filmgesellschaft |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
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Language | German |
The Cruel Mistress (German: Die grausame Freundin) is a 1932 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Fritz Rasp and Lina Woiwode.[1] A separate French-language version Should We Wed Them? was also released. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Synopsis
[edit]The quarrelsome astronomer Professor Bock has long had a falling out with his brother, who went to America after marrying a circus performer. Then his brother's widow and her son Jim arrive and a romance begins to develop with the professor's daughter Welgunda.
Cast
[edit]- Anny Ondra as Welgunda
- Fritz Rasp as Professor Bock
- Lina Woiwode as Frau Bock
- Werner Fuetterer as Jim Bock
- Olga Limburg as Jim Bocks Mutter
- Ernst Arndt as Professor Bierbrot
- Carl Goetz as Zirkusdirektor
- Karl Forest as Schulinspektor
- Dorothy Poole as Sängerin
- Gustav Werner as Hoteldirektor
- Hugo Thimig
References
[edit]- ^ von Dassanowsky p.49
Bibliography
[edit]- Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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