''The Gentleman from Maxim's'' () is a 1933 German

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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 Luci ...

and starring Lee Parry,

Johannes Riemann Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.Ernst Klee (2007) ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Ver ...

and Oskar Karlweis. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gustav A. Knauer and Walter Reimann.Klaus p.68

Synopsis

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falls in love with a pretty

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. When a womanizer friend comes to visit, the lawyer tries to pair the potential competitor off with another woman.

Cast

* Lee Parry as Ursula Heider *

as Hans Volkmann * Oskar Karlweis as Werner Radke * Leo Slezak as Rübsam - chamber singer * Manny Ziener as Laura Pikardt * Jessie Vihrog as Mimi * Käthe Haack and Ernst Behmer as a married couple * Albert Florath * *Kitty Meinhardt * Julius Brandt * Erich Fiedler *Kurt Werther *Ellen Blarr * Oscar Joost as ''

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References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1933 comedy films 1930s German-language films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Carl Boese German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios Films scored by Franz Grothe Films scored by Oscar Straus {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub