''Dinner Is Served'' (german: Diener lassen bitten) is a 1936 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

Hans H. Zerlett Hans Heinz Zerlett (17 October 1892 – 6 July 1949) was a German screenwriter and film director. Life Hans H. Zerlett was the son of a musical director and the brother of the screenwriter Walter Zerlett-Olfenius.Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon ...

and starring

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected fil ...

Gertrud de Lalsky Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Hypnosis'' (1920) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Island of Tears'' (1923) * ''Pra ...

, and

Hertha Guthmar Hertha Guthmar (born 1908) was a German film actress of the 1930s.Eisner p.348 Selected filmography * '' Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (1929) * '' Ariane'' (1931) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932) * ''Ways to a Good Marriage ''Ways to a Good Marria ...

. The film is a comedy set around the British

aristocracy Aristocracy (, ) is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocracy (class), aristocrats. The term derives from the el, αριστοκρατία (), meaning 'rule of the best'. At t ...

. 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 ...

Karl Machus Karl Machus (1884–1944) was a German art director. Along with Erich Zander he designed the sets for most of the films made by director Veit Harlan during the Nazi era.Noack p.145 Selected filmography * '' Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Blonde P ...

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* 1936 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1936 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett Films set in England Films set in London German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub