''Tough Guys, Easy Girls'' (german: Schwere Jungs – leichte Mädchen) is a 1927 German silent

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

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia ...

and starring

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...

and

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ban ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Knaake Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * '' Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' ( ...

Cast

as Adele, ein leichtes Mädchen *

as Martin Overbeck jun. *

as Martin Overbeck sen. *Gottfried Hagedorn as Christoph *

Renate Brausewetter Renate Brausewetter (1 October 1905 – 20 August 2006) was a Spain, Spanish-born Germany, German silent film actress. She was the younger sister of German actor Hans Brausewetter. Brausewetter was born in Málaga, Spain, moving to Berlin, G ...

as Tina Schaffner *

Bernd Aldor Bernd is a Low German short form of the given name Bernhard (English Bernard). List of persons with given name Bernd The following people share the name Bernd. *Bernd Brückler (born 1981), Austrian hockey player * Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011), ...

as Dr. Hans Brunner *Victor Horwitz as Aloys Mausberger *

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

as Peter Spieß, Maurer *

Else Reval Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * ''War in Peace'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' ...

as Seine Frau Marie *

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 Der lange Max, Auflader *

Wolfgang Zilzer Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor. Biography Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...

as Hoppler *

Trude Lehmann Trude Lehmann (1892–1987) was a German film actress.Grange p.307 Selected filmography * ''Children of No Importance'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''Unmarried Daughters ''Unmarried Daughters'' (German: ''Ledige Töcht ...

as Frau Hoppler *

Hilde Maroff Hilde Maroff (5 June 1904 – 15 August 1984) was a German stage and film actress. She was the mother of the child actor Peter Bosse. Selected filmography * ''Kubinke the Barber'' (1926) * ''Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * ''Sister Veronika'' (1 ...

as Bertha *Walter Karel as Der Kleiderhändler *Harry Grunwald as Winkelhuber *Bruno Hoenscherle as Körner

References

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* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Carl Boese German silent feature films National Film films German black-and-white films 1927 comedy films Silent German comedy films 1920s German films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub