''Miss Midshipman'' (German: ''Fräulein Fähnrich'') is a 1929 German
silent 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
Fred Sauer
Fred Sauer (14 December 1886 – 17 September 1952) was an Austrian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography Director
* 1920: The Apache Chief ''(Der Apachenlord)''
* 1920: '' The Law of the Desert''
* 1920: '' Demon ...
and starring
Mary Parker,
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one ...
and
Fritz Schulz.
[https://www.filmportal.de/film/fraeulein-faehnrich_35464754e66f4f6a9765b5eb75924b1f] 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 ...
August Rinaldi
August Rinaldi (1883–1962) was a German art director. He worked on around fifty films during the silent era. Rinaldi was of Jewish descent.Prawer p.212
Selected filmography
* ''Let There Be Light'' (1917)
* '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918)
* ...
.
Cast
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Mary Parker as Nanette von Tankerfang
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Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one ...
as Oberleutnant Mellnitz
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Fritz Schulz as Fähnrich Peter Pfiff
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Leo Peukert
Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...
as Kapitän Strupps
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Johannes Roth as Kasimir Nolpe
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Valeska Stock
Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German actress who appeared in around thirty films in supporting roles. Stock originally trained as a ballet dancer in her native Breslau, before moving into theatre and then into the film industry. She played th ...
as Frau Kapitän Strupps
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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 Vorsteherin des Offizierstöchterheims
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Albert Paulig as Admiral von Tankerang
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Karl Platen
Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931).
Biography
Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...
as Hauswart
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Paul Morgan as Oberstabsarzt
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Fritz Kampers
Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950.
Early life
Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...
as Sanitätskorporal
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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
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1876 births
1942 deaths
German film actresses
German si ...
as Leiterin des 'Grauen Hauses'
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1929 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Fred Sauer
German silent feature films
Seafaring films
Military humor in film
German black-and-white films
Silent adventure films
Films set in Berlin
1929 comedy films
German comedy films
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