''The Young Count'' (German: ''Der junge Graf'') is a 1935 Czech-German

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directed by

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and starring

Anny Ondra Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion M ...

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and

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...

. It is set around the

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,Bock & Bergfelder, p. 272 part of a subgenre of Circus films. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and

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Cast

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1935 films 1935 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karel Lamač UFA GmbH films Circus films German black-and-white films Czechoslovak comedy films Czechoslovak black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub