''A Girl from the Chorus'' (german: Ein Mädel vom Ballett) is a 1937 German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Carl Lamac Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", List of Aqua Teen ...

and starring

Anny Ondra Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion ...

Viktor Staal Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * ''Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935) ...

and

Ursula Grabley Ursula Grabley (8 December 1908 – 3 April 1977) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1929 and 1977. Selected filmography * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * '' The Concert'' (1931) * '' That's ...

. It is set in the

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world of

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around the turn of the twentieth century. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Wilhelm Depenau and Karl Vollbrecht.

Cast

as Henriette Lange *

as Hans Reuter *

as Liesbeth Grimme *Erika Körner as Vera Schreyvogel *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...

as Paul Dettmann *

Robert Dorsay Robert Dorsay (16 August 1904 – 29 October 1943) was a German actor, dancer, and singer who was executed in October 1943 for defeatism and defamation of National Socialism. Life The only son of the opera singer Paul Stampa and the soprano D ...

as Max *

Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ...

as Berthold Lange *Egon Brosig as Der 'Truthahn' *

Ernst Rotmund Ernst Rotmund (26 November 1886 – 2 March 1955) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1917 to 1954. Selected filmography References External links * 1886 births 1955 deaths German male film actors ...

as Schröder * Klaus Pohl as Inspizient *Else Lüders as Gardrobiere *Hellmuth Passarge as horse groomer *Luise Werckmeister as owner of Plätt-Stube *Aribert Grimmer as cobbler *Ernst Albert Schaach as waiter

References

External links

* Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Karel Lamač German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films Films set in Berlin Films set in the 1900s 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films 1937 comedy films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German-language films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub