''Trouble Backstairs'' (german: Krach im Hinterhaus) is a 1949 West German

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directed by Erich Kobler and starring Paul Dahlke,

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and

Ursula Herking Ursula Herking (28 January 1912 – 17 November 1974) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1933 and 1972. She was born in Dessau, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Selected filmography * ''Susanne ...

. It was based on a play of the same title by Maximilian Böttcher, which had previously been turned into the 1935 film '' Trouble Backstairs''.Goble p. 48

Cast

* Paul Dahlke as August Krüger *

as Irma Schulze *

as Malchen Krüger * Bruni Löbel as Edeltraud Panse *

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as Frau Bock * Gisela von Jagen as Ilse Bock, ihre Tochter * Carl Kuhlmann as Oberpostschaffner Hermann Schulze * Ilse Melcher as Paula, seine Tochter *

Bum Krüger Bum Krüger (born ''Willy Krüger''; 13 March 1906 - 15 March 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1969. Filmography References External links * 1906 births 1971 deaths German male film ...

as Gustav Kluge, Bäckermeister *

Ernst von Klipstein Ernst von Klipstein (3 February 1908 – 22 November 1993) was a German film and television actor. von Klipstein became a prominent actor during the Nazi era, appearing in a large number of action films. Partial filmography * '' Uproar in Dama ...

as Assessor Dr. Erich Horn *

Friedrich Domin Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 – 18 December 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1939 and 1961. He was born in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' ...

as Justizrat Dr. Horn, sein Vater *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

as Prosecutor *

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as Amtsgerichtsrat Meier * Hilli Wildenhain as Frau Puschke

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan 1999.

External links

* 1949 films West German films German comedy films German black-and-white films 1949 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Erich Kobler German films based on plays Remakes of German films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub