''Darling of the Sailors'' (German: ''Liebling der Matrosen'') is a 1937 Austrian

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

Hans Hinrich Hans Hinrich (27 November 1903 – 20 October 1974) was a German film director and actor. He initially worked in Germany but later also worked in Italy where he was usually credited as ''Giovanni Hinrich''. Hinrich was a noted theatre director ...

and starring Traudl Stark,

Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty (born Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach; 28 May 1906 – 21 February 1967) was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider. Career Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna ...

and

Richard Romanowsky Richard Romanowsky (21 April 1883 – 22 July 1968) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1932 and 1961. Selected filmography * '' Two in a Car'' (1932) * ''Adventure on the Southern Express'' (1934) * '' Farewell Waltz'' ...

.Tuska, Piekarski & Wilson p.306 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Hans Ledersteger Hans Ledersteger (1898–1971) was an Austrian art director who worked for many years in the German film industry. While mainly employed in Germany, he occasionally also worked in other countries such as Italy and his native Austria including on ...

. It was shot on location around

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on the

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n coast.

Cast

* Traudl Stark as Christl Hofer *

as Kapitänleutnant Igor Juritsch *

as Generalkonsul O'Brien *

Hertha Feiler Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent. Filmography * '' Darling of the Sailors ...

as Mary O'Brien *

Lotte Lang Lotte Lang (11 January 1900 – 13 February 1985) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1932 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933) * '' Tales from the Vienna W ...

as Anita - Kindermädchen * Hans Frank as Kommandant des Kriegsschiffes *

Julius Brandt Julius Brandt (5 March 1873, in Olmütz – 26 December 1949, in Vienna) was an Austrian stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * ''Pogrom'' (1919) * ''The Priso ...

as Kapitän des Handelsschiffes *

Hans Unterkircher Hans Unterkircher (22 August 1894 – 27 May 1971) was an Austrian stage and film actor and film director. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1916 and 1971. He was born in Graz, Austria and died in Vienna, Austria. Selected filmograph ...

as Fürst Wurozeff * Eduard Loibner as Bootsmaat * Willi Hufnagel as Matrose Stefan *

Karl Ehmann Karl Ehmann (13 August 1882 – 1 November 1967) was an Austrian stage and film actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound eras of the film industry. Career Born on 13 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he became interested in ac ...

as Jean, Diener *

Ernst Pröckl Ernst Johann Pröckl (21 June 1888 – 26 November 1957) was an Austrian stage actor and director.Hardt p.219 He also appeared in numerous films, mainly German. Selected filmography * ''The Peruvian'' (1919) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' ...

as Reisebüroangestellter * Mihail Xantho as Polizeikommissar *

Philipp von Zeska Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: "Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews. Surname * Adolf Philipp (1864� ...

as Steward * Polly Koß as Mara *

Otto Ambros Otto Ambros (19 May 1901 – 23 July 1990) was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal. He is known for his wartime work on synthetic rubber ( polybutadiene, or "Buna rubber") and nerve agents ( sarin and tabun). After the war he was tried at Nu ...

as Matrose * Hans Ferigo as Matrose * Fritz Lieberté as Matrose * Otto Glaser as Schiffskoch * Robert Horky as Kofferverkäufer * August Keilholz as Hotelportier * Carmen Perwolf as Spielwarenverkäuferin *

Josef Stiegler Josef "Pepi" Stiegler (born 20 April 1937 in Lienz, Austria) is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the Austrian national ski team during the late 1950s and early 1960s and was one of the world's premier racer ...

as Wohnungsvermieter

References

Bibliography

* Jon Tuska, Vicki Piekarski & David Wilson. ''Close-Up: The Hollywood Director''. Scarecrow Press, 1978.

External links

* 1937 films 1937 comedy films Austrian comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans Hinrich Austrian black-and-white films Seafaring films Films set in the Mediterranean Sea Films about orphans {{Austria-film-stub