''Family Parade'' (german: Familienparade) 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

Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi ...

and starring

Ernst Dumcke Ernst Dumcke (13 November 1887 – 21 June 1940) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Panik in Chicago'' (1931) * '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * '' My Friend the Millionaire'' (1932) * '' Grandsta ...

Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in '' Des Teufels Gene ...

and Amanda Lindner. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in

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.Klaus p.68 The film's sets were designed by the

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and Karl Weber.

Cast

as Graf Sven Stjernenhö *

as Graf Erik Stjernenhö * Amanda Lindner as Reichsgräfin Jutta *

Walter Janssen Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...

as Graf Hjalmar *

Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World ...

as Vetter Bertel *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Vetter Max *

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 ...

as Baron Barrenkrona * Ellen Frank as Alice Barrenkrona *

Käthe Haack Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Li ...

as Karin Bratt * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Knut Bratt * Heinz Rippert as Erik Bratt * Klaus Pohl as Graf Donnerschlag auf Riesenfels *

Richard Ludwig Richard Ludwig (22 May 1877 – 10 August 1946) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German rugby union team, which won the silver medal. Germany was represented at the tournament b ...

as Baron Greifenkreuz * Franz Weber as Graf Löwenborg *

Annemarie Steinsieck Annemarie Steinsieck (21 September 1889 – 29 August 1977) was a German actress. She was married to actor Hugo Werner-Kahle. Selected filmography * ''The Duke of Reichstadt (1920 film), The Duke of Reichstadt'' (1920) * ''Modern Vices (film), M ...

as Gräfin Löwenborg *

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as Ingrid *

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 Graf Güldenstjerna *

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as Gräfin Güldenstjerna * Franz Schönemann as Baron Thornberg *

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as Baronin Thornberg *

Hugo Flink Hugo Flink (16 August 1879 – 2 May 1947) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Flink was one of the earliest actors to play Sherlock Holmes on screen. Flink was born in Vienna and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' The Onyx Head'' (1 ...

as Herr Wennergren *

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Co ...

as Frau Wennergren *

Maria Krahn Maria Krahn (1896–1977) was a German actress. Selected filmography * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) * '' Pappi'' (1934) * '' A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934) * '' Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' (1935) * ''The Private Life of Louis ...

as Miss Grove *

Lucie Höflich Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.

as Frau Appelquist *

Willi Schaeffers Willi Schaeffers (1884–1962) was a German film actor and cabaret performer.Jelavich p.246 Selected filmography * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * '' A Blackmailer's Trick'' (1921) * '' Nameless Woman'' (1927) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * '' Kiki' ...

as Johannsen *

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as '' The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected ...

as Frederik *

Otto Stoeckel Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

as Lindström *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The King of Pa ...

as 1. Geschäftsmann *

Oskar Höcker Oskar Höcker (13 June 1840 – 8 April 1894) was a German author of historical novels for children and a stage actor. Biography Oskar Höcker was born in a suburb of Eilenburg, in the Prussian Province of Saxony, as was his brother, author Gu ...

as Geschäftsmann *

Hans Henninger Hans Henninger (24 February 1905 – 15 May 1937) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Here's Berlin'' (1932) * '' Traum von Schönbrunn'' (1932) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * ''Here's Berlin'' (1932) * ''Hermine and the ...

as Lauritz * Paula Denk as Olga * Eta Klingenberg as Sigrid

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. *

External links

* 1936 films 1936 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub