''The Magic Top Hat'' (german: Der Glückszylinder) is a 1932 German
comedy film
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directed by
Rudolf Bernauer
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"Rudolph Bernauer" (aka Rudolf Bernauer), IMDb, 2009,
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and actor.
His ...
and starring
Charlotte Ander
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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 ...
,
Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen.
Life and career
Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvol ...
and
Oskar Sima
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Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sch ...
.
[Hake p. 142] It was shot at the
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Studios in
Berlin
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., The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Alfred Junge
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Junge had wanted to be an artis ...
.
Cast
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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 Käte Wachtel
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Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen.
Life and career
Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvol ...
as Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
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Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sch ...
as Generaldirektor Andreas
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Adele Sandrock
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Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...
as Edith, seine Schwester
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Karl Meinhardt as Delius, Roman-Schriftsteller
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Margo Lion
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as Olgar seine Frau
*
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor
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as Alfred
*
Max Ehrlich
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Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including leadin ...
as Schmidt Kapellmeister
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Paul Heidemann
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as Plank
*
Senta Söneland
Senta Söneland (9 September 1882 – 20 July 1934) was a German stage and film actress.Ball p.68
Selected filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Benjamin the Timid'' (1916)
* '' The King of Paris'' (1930)
* '' The Copper'' (1930)
* ''Su ...
as Fräulein Grieseberg
*
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926)
* '' The False Prince'' (1927)
* ''The Man in Search of His Murd ...
as Oberregisseur
*
Julius Falkenstein
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as Dr.Pautus Dramaturg
*
Eugen Jensen
Eugen Jensen (1871–1957) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He worked frequently in the Austrian and German cinemas during the silent era in supporting roles in films such as ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927).Eisner p.351 Following the Anchl ...
*
Lina Woiwode
Lina Woiwode (1886–1971) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Youngkin p.462
Selected filmography
*''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931)
*''Once There Was a Waltz'' (1932)
*''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932)
*''The Cruel Mistress'' (1932)
*''Suburb ...
*
Michael von Newlinsky
Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82
Selected filmography
* ' ...
*
Ilse Gery
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*
H. von Schwindt
*
Erika Fiedler
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* "E ...
*
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 ...
References
Bibliography
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* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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1932 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German comedy films
1932 comedy films
1930s German-language films
German black-and-white films
Films scored by Bruno Granichstaedten
1930s German films
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