''Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (german: Don Juan in der Mädchenschule) is a 1928 German silent

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 and starring Reinhold Schünzel. It is based on Hans Stürm's play '' The Unfaithful Eckehart''. The film's art direction was by

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) ...

and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director.Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * '' Radio Magic'' (1927) * ' ...

. Two later film versions were '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931) and '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940).

Cast

In alphabetical order *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...

as Studienrat Meisel *

Adolphe Engers Adolphe Engers (1884–1945) was a Dutch writer and actor on stage and in the movies, who appeared in more than fifty films during his career, a number of them in Weimar Germany. Biography Before his career in film, he was an actor on the stage a ...

as Fritz Stürmer * Carl Geppert as Studienrat Schäden *Else Groß as Mädchen für alles bei Susanne Bach *

Max Gülstorff Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. ...

as Oberstudienrat Arminius Niedlich *Julius E. Herrmann as Sala Mander *

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

Valerie Jones Valerie Jones is a Canadian former figure skater. She is a two-time North American medalist (silver in 1967, bronze in 1965) and the 1967 Canadian national The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nation ...

as Eva *Maria Kamradek as Susanne Bach *

Lydia Potechina Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer. Selected filmography *''Destiny'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa ...

as Frau Tiedemann * F. W. Schröder-Schrom * Reinhold Schünzel as Dr. Eckehart Bleibtreu *

Lotte Stein Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of Jewish descent, she fled to the United States via Czechoslovakia and Portugal, and arrived at the Port of New York on board the S/S ''Mouzinho'' in June 1941. Selected fi ...

as Perle im Hause Bleibtreu *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * '' ...

as Herr Tiedemann * Rolf von Goth as Prinz Osram *

Hilde von Stolz Hilde von Stolz (8 July 1903 in Segesvár, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary, now Romania – 16 December 1973 in Berlin) was an Austrian-German actress. Von Stolz attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made her debut at the local ...

as Trude

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel 1928 comedy films Films set in schools German films based on plays German black-and-white films Silent German comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub