''A Gentleman for Hire'' (German: ''Der Herr auf Bestellung'') is a 1930 German

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

directed by

Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Aust ...

and starring Willi Forst, Paul Hörbiger and

Trude Lieske Trude is a Germanic Old Norse feminine given name meaning "strength". The name is now most commonly found in Germany and German-speaking countries and in Norway. It is sometimes used as a diminutive of the given names Gertrude and Gertrud. N ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Robert Neppach. It is also known as ''The Darling of Vienna'', the title by which it was released in the United States in 1933.Waldman p.30

Cast

* Willi Forst as Carry Clips, ein Festredner * Paul Hörbiger as Prof. Amanuel Wielander *

as Frau Baronin Lindenwörth *

Else Elster Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Victoria and ...

as Lillebil *

Elma Bulla Elma or ELMA may refer to: Places United States * Elma, Iowa, a city in the US * Elma, New York, a town in the US ** Elma Center, New York * Elma, Washington, a city in the US * Elma Township, Richland County, North Dakota, in Richland Coun ...

as Titi * Wilhelm Bendow as Dr. Cajetan * Henry Bender as Ein Schutzmann *

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...

as Herr Hinzemann *

Johanna Ewald Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...

as Frau Hinzemann * Franz Roth as Gefängniswärter

References

Bibliography

* Rosamund Davies, Paolo Russo & Claus Tieber. ''The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies''. Springer Nature, 2023. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic German musical comedy films 1930 musical comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub