''Heads Up, Charley'' (German: ''Kopf hoch, Charly!'') is a 1927

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silent

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directed by

Willi Wolff Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violin ...

and starring

Ellen Richter Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to creat ...

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well ...

, and

Michael Bohnen Franz Michael Bohnen (2 May 1887 – 26 April 1965) was a German bass baritone opera singer and actor. Bohnen was very popular in the Roaring Twenties. Life Michael Bohnen was born in Cologne. He trained in opera singing at the Hochschule fü ...

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

appears in a supporting role.

Production

The film is based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff with location shooting done in

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and New York. Other scenes were shot at

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's EFA Studios. The film premiered on 18 March 1927 at the UFA-Theatre

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in Berlin and was a box office success. Richter's heirs later agreed to withhold the film from exhibition during Dietrich's lifetime.Bach p.542

Cast

as Charlotte Ditmar *

as Frank Ditmar *

as John Jacob Bunjes *

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 Harry Mosenheim * Margaret Quimby as Margie Quinn * George De Carlton as Rufus Quinn *

Angelo Ferrari Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema. Selected filmography * '' The Nude Woman'' (1922) * '' The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * ' ...

as Marquis d'Ormesson *

Robert Scholz Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...

as Herzog von Sanzedilla *

Nikolai Malikoff Nikolai Malikoff ( Russian: Николай Петрович Маликов; 1874 – 20 April 1931) was a Russian-Ukrainian film director and actor who worked mainly as a film director in Russia, and later as an actor in Germany.Goble p.673 Sele ...

as Prince Platonoff *

Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * '' Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Lilli'' (1919) * '' Lilli's Marriage'' (1919) * ''Th ...

as Fr. Zangenberg *

as Edmée Marchand * Blandine Ebinger as Näherin * Albert Paulig as Bunjes' Diener

References

Bibliography

* Bach, Steven. ''Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend''. University of Minnesota Press, 2011. * Ryan, David Stuart. ''The Blue Angel - The Life and Films of Marlene Dietrich''. Kozmik Press, 2010.

External links

* 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German comedy films Films directed by Willi Wolff Films based on German novels 1927 comedy films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub