''From the Files of a Respectable Woman'' (German: ''Aus den Akten einer anständigen Frau'') is a 1920 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

Franz Hofer Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was, in the time of the Third Reich, the Nazi Gauleiter of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. As the Nazi party chief for the Tirol/Vorarlberg province he was the most powerful figure in the regi ...

and starring

Margit Barnay Margit Barnay (born Margit Jana Rosenstock; 5 April 1896 – 11 January 1974) was a German film actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Boy in Blue (1919 film), The Boy in Blue'' (1919) * ''Satan (1920 film), Satan'' (1920) * ''F ...

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 C ...

and

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he returne ...

.Grange p.68 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Julian Ballenstedt Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (giv ...

Cast

as Ingeborg Andersen *

as Olly Andersen, Mutter *

as Preben Andersen * Ebba Holm as Helga Andersen *

Fritz Beckmann Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...

as Herr Erdmann * Frieda Wrede as Frau Erdmann * Grete Sens as Tochter Erdmann * Preben J. Rist as Prosecutor * Ellen Isenta as Zimmervermieterin *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

as Hausbewohner *

Olaf Storm Olaf Storm, pseudonym of Kurt Theodor von Kann (10 January 1894 – 11 or 12 March 1931) was a German film actor of the silent era. Storm was a star of early German cinema, playing the lead in films such as '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' ...

as Flanke, Privatedetektiv

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Franz Hofer German silent feature films 1920 comedy films Silent German comedy films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub