''The Cheeky Devil'' (german: Der Frechdachs) is a 1932 German

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

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia ...

and

Heinz Hille Heinz Hille (1891 – 15 May 1954) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film director, director.Cunningham p.208 Selected filmography * ''You Will Be My Wife'' (1932) * ''The Old Scoundrel'' (1932) * ''The Cheeky Devil'' (1932) * ''And th ...

and starring

Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only s ...

Camilla Horn Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions. Biography The daught ...

and

Ralph Arthur Roberts Ralph Arthur Roberts (born Robert Arthur Schönherr; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

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and premiered in the city's

Gloria-Palast The Gloria-Palast was a German cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in the German capital Berlin. It was constructed in 1924 and replaced the existing neo-Baroque Romanischen Hauses designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten. It became a common loc ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Willi A. Herrmann and

Herbert Lippschitz Herbert Lippschitz (1904–1972) was a German art director. He rose to prominence during the Weimar Republic in the early sound era. The Jewish Lippschitz was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. This la ...

. A separate French-language version ''

You Will Be My Wife ''You Will Be My Wife'' (French: ''Vous serez ma femme'') is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese, Serge de Poligny and Heinz Hille and starring Alice Field, Roger Tréville and Lucien Baroux.Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''T ...

'' was also released.

Cast

as The Young Man *

as Alice Ménard *

Ralph Arthur Roberts Ralph Arthur Roberts (born Robert Arthur Schönherr; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)Else Elster Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Victoria and ...

as Loulou Gazelle *

Maria Forescu Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...

as Loulous Mutter *

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well ...

as Henri Latour *

Alexa von Porembsky Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * ''Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin * ''Road to Rio'' (1931) - Die Unerfahrene ...

as Annette *

Erich Kestin Erich Kestin (25 June 1895 – 22 May 1969) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films shows between 1930 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (19 ...

as Emil *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...

as Hotelportier

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* 1932 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1932 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Louis Verneuil Films directed by Carl Boese Films directed by Heinz Hille UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German black-and-white films 1932 multilingual films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub