''Mascots'' (german: Mascottchen) is a 1929 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Felix Basch
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.
He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of powe ...
and starring
Käthe von Nagy
Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, better known by her stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema.
Early life and education
Käthe von Nag ...
,
Jeanne Helbling
Jeanne Helbling (July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985) was a French film actressGoble p.37 and a prominent member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Selected filmography
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' Mandrin'' (1924)
* '' Captain Rascas ...
, and
Muriel Angelus
Muriel Angelus (born Muriel E S M Findlay, 10 March 1912 – 26 June 2004) was an English stage, musical theatre, and film actress.
Born in Lambeth, South London, to Scottish parentage, her father was a chemist. She was educated at the Urs ...
.
It is based on an operetta by Walter Bromme and Georg Okonkowski.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Otto Erdmann and
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* '' The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...
.
Cast
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Käthe von Nagy
Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, better known by her stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema.
Early life and education
Käthe von Nag ...
as Margot, Shop assistant
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Jeanne Helbling
Jeanne Helbling (July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985) was a French film actressGoble p.37 and a prominent member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Selected filmography
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' Mandrin'' (1924)
* '' Captain Rascas ...
as Elvira, Dancer
*
Muriel Angelus
Muriel Angelus (born Muriel E S M Findlay, 10 March 1912 – 26 June 2004) was an English stage, musical theatre, and film actress.
Born in Lambeth, South London, to Scottish parentage, her father was a chemist. She was educated at the Urs ...
as Annie, Draftswoman
*
Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Ivan Koval-Samborsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor. After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to wor ...
as Paul, Actor
*
Kurt Vespermann
Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor.
Career
Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...
as Bruno, Musician
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Paul Morgan as Harry, Juggler
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Mikhail Rasumny
Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, 1884, in Odessa, Russian empire – February 17, 1956, in United States) was a Soviet and American film actor.
Biography
Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Ephraim Zalman (Solomon) Razumny, who was chief ...
as Max, Painter
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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 Theatre Director Kugel
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Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
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as Antoine, Rayonchef
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Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...
as Director Lieblich
*
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 r ...
as Civil servant
*
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917)
* ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918)
* ''About the Son'' (1921)
* '' Memoirs of a Film Actre ...
as Portier
References
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Felix Basch
German silent feature films
Films based on operettas
German black-and-white films
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