''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (German: ''Der ahnungslose Engel'') is a 1936 German
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
crime film directed by
Franz Seitz and starring
Joe Stöckel
Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography Actor
* ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927)
* '' The Champion Shot'' (1932)
* '' S.A.-Mann Brand'' (193 ...
,
Lucie Englisch
Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress.
She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...
and
Franz Nicklisch
Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother .
Selected filmog ...
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[Bock & Bergfelder p.187] It was shot at the
Munich Studios of
Bavaria Film
Bavaria Film is a German film production and distribution company. It is one of Europe's largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries.
History
The studios were founded in 1919, when Munich-raised film producer Peter Ostermayr ...
and
on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Max Seefelder
Max Seefelder (1897–1970) was a German art director.Drewniak p.40 He designed the sets for around 80 films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tunnel'' (1933)
* ''The Master Detective'' (1933)
* '' Inheritance in Pretoria'' (1934)
...
.
Cast
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Joe Stöckel
Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography Actor
* ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927)
* '' The Champion Shot'' (1932)
* '' S.A.-Mann Brand'' (193 ...
as Hörl, Grenzoberaufseher
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Lucie Englisch
Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress.
She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...
as Jozi
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Franz Nicklisch
Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother .
Selected filmog ...
as Hans Markwart, Grenzaufseher
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Erika Glässner
Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Werner Krafft'' (1916)
* ''Diamonds'' (1920)
* '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920)
* '' The Love Corridor'' (1921)
* '' Th ...
as Frau Bergmann, Wirtin vom Hirschenstand
*
Otto Fassler
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
The name is recorded f ...
as Stefan Meser
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Josef Eichheim
Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926)
* '' The Women's War'' (1928)
* '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928)
* '' Peter Voss, T ...
as Onkelchen
*
Erna Fentsch
Erna Fentsch (21 April 1909 – 26 November 1997) was a German actress and screenwriter. She appeared 18 films between 1932 and 1944.
Selected filmography
* '' A Man with Heart'' (1932)
* '' The Tunnel'' (1933)
* '' The Champion of Pontre ...
as Manja
*
Jola Jobst
Jola Jobst (25 November 1915 – October 1952) was a German movie actress who committed suicide in 1952. Jobst was married to the World War II fighter pilot, Hermann Graf, from 1944 to 1949. Following her divorce she married the actor Wolfgang K ...
as Steffi
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O. E. Hasse as Kornitzki
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Arnulf Schröder
Arnulf Schröder (born Munich, June 13, 1903 - died there, December 22, 1960) was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin.
Selected filmo ...
as Babitz
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Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935–1976.
Flickenschildt was born in Hamburg ...
as Lotte Grün
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Richard Häussler
Richard Häussler (26 October 1908 – 28 September 1964) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1936 and 1964. He also directed seven films between 1951 and 1957. He was born in Munich, Germany and ...
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Ludwig Schmitz
Ludwig Schmitz (January 28, 1884 – June 28, 1954) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career including the 1951 comedy '' The Heath Is Green''. He was part of the popular comedy duo Tran and Helle along with ...
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Justus Paris as Heuer
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Herta Schwarz as Paula
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Liane Kopf as Frau Guggemoos
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Michl Lang as Loidl
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Ludwig Ten Cloot
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Thea Aichbichler
Thea Aichbichler Mohr (21 August 1889 – 25 June 1957) was a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1934 to 1957.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1889 births
1957 deaths
German film actresses ...
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Franz Kronach
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Erika Stauffenberg
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Lydia Schulenburg
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1936 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German crime comedy films
1930s crime comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Franz Seitz
Bavaria Film films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
German black-and-white films
1936 comedy films
1930s German films
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