''There Were Two Bachelors'' (German: ''Es waren zwei Junggesellen'') is a 1936 German

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directed by Franz Seitz and starring

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and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p.413

Synopsis

A young

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and his

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friend arrive in a small town to take over the medical practice of his uncle. However the locals all stay away at first. However he eventually succeeds in turning it into a successful

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. In the process they both find love.

Cast

as Dr. Manfred Loberg *

as Karl Mohr, Architekt, sein Freund *

as Simon Hummel - Faktotum bei Loberg * Helma Rückert as Monika, dessen Frau *

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as Frau Adele von Gronau *

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as Neubert, Apotheker *

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as Charlotte - dessen Tochter *

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as Trude Peters - Frau von Gronaus Nichte *

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as Nikolaus - Chauffeur bei Frau von Gronau *

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as Der Bürgermeister * Philipp Weichand as Hänfling, ein Bürger *

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as Huber, Gemeindesekretär *

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as Der Berghofbauer * Elisabeth Reich as Anna

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Franz Seitz German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub