''The Laughing Husband'' (German:''Der lachende Ehemann'') is a 1926 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182
...
and
Rudolf Dworsky
Rudolf Dworsky (1882–1927) was a German film producer and film director, director of the Silent era. His production company was called Aafa-Film (Althoff-Ambos-Film), Berlin, the co-owner was the producer Gabriel Levy.
Selected filmography
Pro ...
and starring
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'' (1 ...
,
Elisabeth Pinajeff
Elisabeth Pinajeff (born Elizabeta Sergeyevna Pinayeva; russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Пинаева, 17 April 1900 – 31 December 1995) was a Russian-German actress.Prawer p.87
Selected filmography
* ''Count Cohn'' (1923)
* '' ...
and
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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.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.181] It is based on the operetta of the same name by
Edmund Eysler
Edmund Samuel Eysler (12 March 1874 – 4 October 1949), was an Austrian composer.
Biography
Edmund Eysler was born in Vienna to a merchant family. He was supposed to enter the engineering profession, but his acquaintance with Leo Fall led ...
.
The film's
art direction
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was by
Hans Minzloff
Hans Minzloff (1890–1962) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171
Selected filmography
* ''Our Heavenly Bodies'' (1925)
* '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925)
* ''Carnival Magic'' (1927)
* ''The Insurmountable'' (1928)
* ''The Circus Princess'' ...
and
Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follo ...
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Cast
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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'' (1 ...
as Ottokar Bruckner
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Elisabeth Pinajeff
Elisabeth Pinajeff (born Elizabeta Sergeyevna Pinayeva; russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Пинаева, 17 April 1900 – 31 December 1995) was a Russian-German actress.Prawer p.87
Selected filmography
* ''Count Cohn'' (1923)
* '' ...
as Hella, Bruckners Ehefrau
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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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as Graf Balthasar Selztal
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Paul Heidemann
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
as Max Basewitz
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Vivian Gibson
Vivian Gibson (22 October 1898 – 9 May 1981) was a British-born Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Demos'' (1921)
* '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922)
* ''Fräulein Raffke'' (1923)
* ''Countess Maritza'' (1925)
* '' The King and the ...
as Etelka, die gechiedene Frau von Basewitz
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Max Hansen as Hans, frischgebackener Ehemann
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Charlotte Ander
Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple and . Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the ...
as Dolly, frischgebackene Ehefrau
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Carl Auen
Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...
as Dr. Rosenroth, Lawyer
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Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...
as Bürovorsteher
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1926 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Rudolf Dworsky
Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein
German silent feature films
Films based on operettas
German black-and-white films
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