''The Naked Truth'' (German: ''Die nackte Wahrheit'') is a 1932 American
German language
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comedy film
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directed by
Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Biography
He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...
and starring
Jenny Jugo
Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950.
Biography
Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...
,
Oskar Karlweis
Oskar Leopold Karlweis (often credited Oscar Karlweis; 10 July 1894 – 24 January 1956) was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, active internationally.
Career
Born in Hinterbrühl, Austria-Hungary, he was the son of playwright Carl Ka ...
and
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* '' The Rosentopf Case'' (1918)
* ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921)
* ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
...
.
It is the German version of the 1929 film ''
Nothing but the Truth''. It was also known by the
alternative title
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of ''Heut' küsst Paris''
It was shot at the
Joinville Studios
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A second studio was added to the original ...
in
Paris
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, where many of
Paramount Pictures
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'
multiple-language version
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were made. A separate French version was also produced.
Cast
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Jenny Jugo
Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950.
Biography
Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...
*
Oskar Karlweis
Oskar Leopold Karlweis (often credited Oscar Karlweis; 10 July 1894 – 24 January 1956) was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, active internationally.
Career
Born in Hinterbrühl, Austria-Hungary, he was the son of playwright Carl Ka ...
*
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* '' The Rosentopf Case'' (1918)
* ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921)
* ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
...
*
Otto Wernicke
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films '' M'' and ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''.
Marrie ...
*
Tibor Halmay
Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes ...
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Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ...
*Alexander Köckert
*Marita Ángeles
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Harry Hardt
Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mil ...
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Jaro Fürth
Jaro Fürth (born Edwin Fürth-Jaro; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor.
Early life
Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.[Harry Nestor
Harry Nestor (born Franz Harry Pridun; 11 March 1893 – 11 November 1969) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Secret of the Mummy'' (1921)
* ''The Bull of Olivera'' (1921)
* ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922)
* ''City in View'' ...](_bla ...<br></span></div>
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References
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American comedy films
1932 comedy films
Films directed by Karl Anton
Paramount Pictures films
Films shot at Joinville Studios
American multilingual films
American black-and-white films
1932 multilingual films
1930s American films
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