''Girls of Today'' (German: ''Mädels von heute'') is a 1933 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

Herbert Selpin Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic (1943 film), Titanic'', during the ...

and starring

Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet. Life He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...

, Annie Markart and

Oscar Sabo Oscar Sabo (29 August 1881, in Vienna – 2 May 1969, in Berlin) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''The False Dimitri'' (1922) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) * '' The Span ...

. Klaus p.127 The film's sets were designed by the

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Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja ...

Cast

as Peter Udde * Lily Rodien as Synnöve Heidecker *

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as Inge Overhoff * Annie Markart as Greta Priano *

as Jurmann *

Aribert Mog Aribert Mog (3 August 1904 – 2 October 1941) was a German film actor who played in a mixture of leading and supporting roles during the 1930s. He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Or ...

as Kaunitz *

Henry Lorenzen Henry Lorenzen (8 February 1899 – 22 September 1961) was a Danish film actor.Giesen p.199 Selected filmography * ''Girls of Today'' (1933) * ''The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934) * ''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (1934) * ''Punks Arrives from ...

as Olaf Hendersen * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Stefan Heidecker *

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as Lotte * Günther Vogdt as Nunne *

Rudolf Klicks Rudolf Klicks (21 May 1917 – 5 September 1997) was a German film actor.Koster p.116 Selected filmography * '' Tannenberg'' (1932) * '' Girls of Today'' (1933) * '' The Riders of German East Africa'' (1934) * ''The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934 ...

as Krümel *

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ...

Oscar Joost Oskar Joost (9 June 1898 – 29 May 1941) was a German musician, who played violin, tenor saxophone and clarinet, as well as directing a dance orchestra. Biography Joost was born into a musical family in Wissembourg, Alsace on 9 June 1898. His fa ...

as Musikkapelle *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

* Dolly Raphael *

Heinrich Schroth Heinrich August Franz Schroth (23 March 1871 – 14 January 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Career Schroth was born in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He made his acting debut at the Sigmaringen Royal Theatre in 1890. In 1894 h ...

References

Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1933 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1933 comedy films 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films directed by Herbert Selpin Films based on German novels {{1930s-Germany-film-stub