''My Friend the Chauffeur'' (German: ''Mein Freund der Chauffeur'') is a 1926 German silent

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directed by

Erich Waschneck Erich John Waschneck (29 April 1887, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 September 1970, in Berlin) was a German cameraman, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Erich was the son of Karl Hermann Waschneck, a blacksmith, and his ...

and starring

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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and

Barbara von Annenkoff Barbara von Annenkoff (13 February 1900 – 30 November 1979) was a Russian-born German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Op Hoop van Zegen'' (1924) * '' Wood Love'' (1925) * '' Den of Iniquity'' (1925) * '' One Minute to Twelve'' ...

.Hardt p.234 It was made by Germany's largest studio

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

Carl Ludwig Kirmse Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent and sound eras.Giesen p.220 Selected filmography * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921) * '' T ...

and Bernhard Schwidewski.

Cast

In alphabetical order *

as Sir Ralph Moray * Alice Kempen as Bietsche, Frau Kidders Tochter *

Oskar Marion Oskar Marion (2 April 1896 – March 1986) was an Austrian film actor. Life Born as Oskar Viktor Lepka in Brno on 2 April 1896. His parents were physician Antonín Lepka and Žofie Lepková (née Müller). Marion went to study medicine to Vienn ...

as Lord Terry Barrymore * Olly Orska as Maida, Frau Kidders Nichte *

Livio Pavanelli Livio Cesare Pavanelli (7 September 1881 – 29 April 1958) was an Italian film actor. Pavanelli was born in Copparo, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Rome in 1958 at age 76. Selected filmography * '' Mariute'' (1918) *'' Fabiola'' ( ...

as Fürst Coramini *

as Graf Dalmar-Kalm *

as Frau Stanley Kidder * Alfred von Schluga as Joseph, der Chauffeur

References

Bibliography

* Hardt, Urusula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Erich Waschneck UFA GmbH films 1926 comedy films German comedy road movies Films produced by Erich Pommer Films based on British novels German black-and-white films Films based on works by Alice Williamson Silent comedy films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub