''Donogoo Tonka'' 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
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...
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 M ...
,
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
Will Dohm
Will Dohm (8 April 1897 – 28 November 1948) was a German film actor. He is the father of the actress Gaby Dohm.
Selected filmography
* '' Waterloo'' (1929)
* '' Cruiser Emden'' (1932)
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932)
* '' The Tunnel ...
.
[Kreimeier p. 284] It is based on a play of the same name by
Jules Romains
Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cycle ...
. A separate French-language version ''
Donogoo'' was also made. The film was produced by
UFA
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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 ...
in
Berlin
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, with sets designed by
Otto Hunte 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)
* ' ...
.
Cast
*
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 M ...
as Josette
*
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 ...
as Pierre Lamendin
*
Will Dohm
Will Dohm (8 April 1897 – 28 November 1948) was a German film actor. He is the father of the actress Gaby Dohm.
Selected filmography
* '' Waterloo'' (1929)
* '' Cruiser Emden'' (1932)
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932)
* '' The Tunnel ...
as Albert
*
Heinz Salfner
Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465
Selected filmography ...
as Trouhadec
*
Aribert Wäscher as Margajat
*
Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sc ...
as Broudier
*
Paul Bildt
Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Devil in Silk'' (1956)
* ''Ich suche Di ...
as Rufisque
*
Albert Florath
Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor.
Early life and education
Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...
as Voisin
*
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 Simplou
* Tine Schneider as Sekretärin
*
Ewald Wenck
Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* ''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929)
* ''Spoiling the ...
as Beamter
*
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 Polizist
*
Olga Limburg
Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...
as Direktrice
* Franz Weber as Verkäufer
*
Carl Auen
Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...
as Auswanderer
*
Beppo Brem as Auswanderer
*
Arthur Reinhardt
Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor.Kay Weniger
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as Auswanderer
* Walter von Allwoerden as Auswanderer
* Jac Diehl as Auswanderer
*
Max Schreck
Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck Eickhoff, Stefan. 2007 (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), Walk, Ines. 2006. known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film ' ...
as Auswanderer
*
Herbert Weissbach
Herbert may refer to:
People Individuals
* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, ...
*
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel (5 April 1900 – 24 December 1994) was an Austrian actress who started her career in Germany during the 1920s. Under the Nazi regime she emigrated to the United States, where she appeared on the Broadway and in a few H ...
as Auswandererfrau
* Jutta von Wedel as Auswandererfrau
References
Bibliography
* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945''. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
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1936 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German comedy films
1936 comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel
German multilingual films
UFA GmbH films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
German black-and-white films
1936 multilingual films
1930s German films
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