''Two Heavenly Blue Eyes'' or ''Two Sky Blue Eyes'' (German: ''Zwei himmelblaue Augen'') is a 1932 German
musical comedy film
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directed by
Johannes Meyer and starring
Charlotte Ander
Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple and . Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the ...
,
Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.
Biography
Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...
and
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.
Life and c ...
. It was shot at the
Babelsberg Studios
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in
Berlin
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.
[Klaus p.282] 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 ...
s
Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* '' Madness'' (1919)
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' Jettatore'' (1919)
* ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* ''The Maharaja ...
and
Herbert O. Phillips
Herbert Lippschitz (1904–1972) was a German art director. He rose to prominence during the Weimar Republic in the early sound era. The Jewish Lippschitz was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. This lar ...
.
Cast
*
Charlotte Ander
Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple and . Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the ...
as Sie
*
Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.
Biography
Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...
as Er
*
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.
Life and c ...
as Mr. Bottlekeeper
*
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
as Mrs. Thomas, seine Schwester
*
Eva Schmid-Kayser
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as Ellen, ihre Tochter
*
Sigi Hofer
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He was outlawed for ...
as Schnorrberger
*
Julius Falkenstein
Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...
as Gerichtsvollzieher Maschke
*
Luigi Bernauer
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as Der Barsänger
*
Karl Junge-Swinburne Karl may refer to:
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as Der Hoteldirektor
*
Bruno Steinwald
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as Der Bardirektor
References
Bibliography
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
* Willibald Eser. ''Theo Lingen, Komiker aus Versehen''. Langen Müller, 1986.
External links
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1932 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Johannes Meyer
Films scored by Fred Raymond
German black-and-white films
German musical comedy films
1932 musical comedy films
1930s German films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
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