''Wenn die Musik nicht wär'' (English: ''If It Were Not for Music'') is a 1935 German
drama film
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directed by
Carmine Gallone
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and starring
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...
,
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 ...
and
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
. The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios in
Berlin
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. It is based on the novel ''Der Kraft-Mayr'' by
Ernst von Wolzogen
Ernst von Wolzogen (23 April 1855 – 30 August 1934) was a cultural critic, a writer and a founder of Cabaret in Germany.
Biography
Wolzogen came from a noble Austrian family; he studied Literature, Philosophy, and the history of art in Stras ...
. The film's
art direction
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was by
Fritz Maurischat
Fritz Maurischat (April 27, 1893 in Berlin – December 11, 1986) was a German production designer. He made his film debut in 1924. Over the next 38 years, he worked on over 70 films, all of them in his native Germany.
He earned an Oscar nominati ...
and
Karl Weber.
Plot
Franz Liszt, renowned and influential, assists a piano instructor who is facing difficulties and lacks worldly experience. Liszt aids the tutor in securing a prestigious role in Munich while also protecting him from a malevolent foreign rival who seeks to win over the tutor's beloved.
Cast
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Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...
as Florian Mayr, genannt 'Kraft-Mayr'
*
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 Konsul Burmeester
*
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
as Seine Frau
*
Karin Hardt
Karin Hardt Meta Therese (28 April 1910 in Altona, Hamburg – 5 March 1992 in Berlin) was a German actress.
Life
A merchant's daughter, Hardt first took private acting lessons with Alex Otto and received theatrical engagements in Mönch ...
as Thekla, seine Tochter
*
Sybille Schmitz as Ilonka Badacz
*
Harry Hardt
Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mil ...
as Baron Poldi
*
Luis Rainer
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as Franz Liszt
*
Annemarie Steinsieck as Gräfin Tockenburg
*
Herta Worell
Herta Worell (20 September 1908 – 5 April 1996) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 75 films and television shows between 1934 and 1995.
Selected filmography
* '' You Are Adorable, Rosmarie'' (1934)
* ''If It Were Not for Mus ...
as Dirigentin des Damenorchesters
*
Josefine Dora
Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137
Selected f ...
as Olga, Theklas Kindermädchen
*
Emmy Wyda
Emmy Wyda (2 March 1876 – 22 January 1942) was a German actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1913 to 1941.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1876 births
1942 deaths
German film actresses
German si ...
as Frau Stoltenhagen
*
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 Kusjmitsch von Prschitschkin
*
Wolf Ackva
Wolf Ackva (30 July 1911 – 16 January 2000) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1935 and 1996.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1911 births
2000 deaths
People from ...
*
Rudolf Biebrach
Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...
*
Max Ernst
Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism ...
*
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 ...
*
Erich Heyn
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*
Helga Kalkum
*
Günther Langenbeck
*
Morvilius
*
Karl Morvilius Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austri ...
*
Otto Sauter-Sarto
Otto Sauter-Sarto (29 April 1884 – 19 January 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1920 and 1956.
Selected filmography
* '' Lumpaci the Vagabond'' (1922)
* '' Katharina Knie'' (1929)
* ''The Blue of Heaven'' (1932)
* ...
*
Walter Schramm-Duncker
*
Max Wilmsen
References
Bibliography
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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1935 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German drama films
1935 drama films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Tobis Film films
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
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