''The Widow's Ball'' (german: Der Witwenball) is a 1930 German
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring
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 ...
,
Fritz Kampers
Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950.
Early life
Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...
, and
Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as ''Pardon My Sarong'' and ''The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from ''The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Toto ...
.
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 ...
Franz Schroedter
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Selected filmography
* '' The Black Count'' (1920)
* ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921)
* ''The New Paradise'' (1921)
* '' The Queen of Whitechapel ...
.
Cast
*
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 Frieda
*
Fritz Kampers
Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950.
Early life
Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...
as Fritz Petzold
* as Lotte Petzold
*
Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as ''Pardon My Sarong'' and ''The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from ''The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Toto ...
as Kiebitz
*
Henry Bender
Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''The Devil'' (1918)
* '' Madeleine'' (1919)
* ''Whitechapel'' ...
as Herr Liesegang
*
Lydia Potechina
Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer.
Selected filmography
*''Destiny'' (1921)
* '' The Conspiracy in Genoa ...
as Frau Liesegang
*
Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era.
Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewish ...
as Teckelmann
* as Mann mit dem Mops
References
External links
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1930 comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German comedy films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
1930s German-language films
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