''My Sister and I'' (German: ''Meine Schwester und ich'') is a 1929 German
silent comedy film
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directed by
Manfred Noa
Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film ''Helena (1924 film), Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" alt ...
and starring
Mady Christians
Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
Biography
Sh ...
,
Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Biography
Junkermann was bor ...
and
Jack Trevor
Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...
.
[Klapdor p.430] It was shot at the
National Studios in
Berlin
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. The film's
art direction
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was by
Ferdinand Bellan and
Alexander Ferenczy
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Selected filmography
* ''Samson and Delilah (1922 film), Samson and Delilah'' (1922)
* ''The Portrait (1923 film), The Portrait'' (1923)
* ''Fadette'' (1926)
* ''Attorney fo ...
.
Cast
*
Mady Christians
Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
Biography
Sh ...
as Prinzessin Matgarete von Marquardstein
*
Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Biography
Junkermann was bor ...
as Fürst von Marquardstein
*
Jack Trevor
Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...
as Baron Udo von Ebenhausen
*
Igo Sym
Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym (3 July 1896 – 7 March 1941) was a actor and collaboration, collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance movement.
Early career ...
as Dr. Gustav Müller
*
Tilla Garden as Irmgard von Pleß
*
Charles Puffy
Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstadt; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor.
Biography
Hochstadt appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appear ...
as Sebastian Puffinger
*
Camilla Spira
Camilla Spira (1 March 1906 – 25 August 1997) was a German film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1924 and 1986. She was born in Hamburg, Germany, of Jewish ancestry on her father's side, and died in Berlin, Germany. Her father was ...
as Schuh-Molly
*
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 Kunde
References
Bibliography
* Heike Klapdor. ''Ich bin ein unheilbarer Europäer: Briefe aus dem Exil''. Aufbau, 2007.
External links
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1929 films
1929 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Manfred Noa
Films based on works by Louis Verneuil
Films based on operettas
National Film films
German black-and-white films
Silent comedy films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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