''I for You, You for Me'' (German: ''Ich für dich, du für mich'') is a 1934 German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Carl Froelich and starring
Ruth Eweler
Ruth Eweler (March 19, 1913 – October 1, 1947) was a German actress born in Plettenberg. She appeared in a number of films during the 1930s and 1940s, notably as a female lead in the 1937 film ''The Daughter of the Samurai'', which was a German ...
,
Karl Dannemann
Karl Dannemann (22 March 1896 – 4 May 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1945.
Partial filmography
* ''Volldampf voraus!'' (1934) - Kramer, Obermaat
* '' Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) - Rupf, de ...
and
Carl de Vogt
Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...
. It was made as a
propaganda film
A propaganda film is a film that involves some form of propaganda. Propaganda films spread and promote certain ideas that are usually religious, political, or cultural in nature. A propaganda film is made with the intent that the viewer will ad ...
in support of the
Nazi regime
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
's
Reich Labour Service
The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Naz ...
and the
League of German Girls
The League of German Girls or the Band of German Maidens (german: Bund Deutscher Mädel, abbreviated as BDM) was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. It was the only legal female youth organization in Nazi Germany. ...
. It promoted the concepts of
blood and soil.
[Welch p.56]
Cast
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Maria Wancka
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as Lagerführerin
*
Inge Kick as Hanne
*
Ruth Eweler
Ruth Eweler (March 19, 1913 – October 1, 1947) was a German actress born in Plettenberg. She appeared in a number of films during the 1930s and 1940s, notably as a female lead in the 1937 film ''The Daughter of the Samurai'', which was a German ...
as Inge
*
Ruth Claus as Maria
*
Karl Dannemann
Karl Dannemann (22 March 1896 – 4 May 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1945.
Partial filmography
* ''Volldampf voraus!'' (1934) - Kramer, Obermaat
* '' Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) - Rupf, de ...
as Christian Busch
*
Carl de Vogt
Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...
as Siedler Kollerbuch
*
Knut Hartwig as Siedler Schmidelka
*
Eleonore Stadie as Berta
*
Liselotte Wahl as Lotte
*
Heinz Rippert as Werner Kramer
*
Paul W. Krüger as Siedler Mahlow
*
Katja Bennefeld
Katja Bennefeld was a German film actress, active in the 1930s.Giesen p.202
Selected filmography
* '' Impossible Love'' (1932)
* '' Eight Girls in a Boat'' (1932)
* ''The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934)
* '' An Evening Visit'' (1934)
* '' I for Y ...
as Frau Kollerbuch
*
Hugo Froelich
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as Gendarm Kisecke
*
Ernst Gronau
Ernst Gronau (21 August 1887 – 10 August 1938) was a German stage, writer and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Prostitution'' (1919)
* '' Genuine'' (1920)
* '' Roswolsky's Mistress'' (1921)
* ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921)
* ''Mi ...
as Herr Häberlein
*
Emilia Unda
Emilia Unda (January 29, 1879 – December 7, 1939) was Baltic German stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as the headmistress in the 1931 film ''Mädchen in Uniform''.Langford p.175
Unda was married to German architect Hugo Här ...
as Frau Häberlein
*
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 Frau Höpfner
References
Bibliography
* Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela and Weinstein, Valerie. ''Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.
* Welch, David. ''The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda''. Psychology Press, 2002.
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1934 films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
German black-and-white films
German drama films
1934 drama films
1930s German films
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