''Weekend Magic'' (german: Wochenendzauber) is a 1927 German silent romance film directed by

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182 ...

and starring Harry Liedtke, Lissy Arna and

Gustav Rickelt Gustav Rickelt (1862–1946) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Earth Spirit'' (1923) * ''The Wiskottens'' (1926) * ''Weekend Magic'' (1927) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''Youth of the Big City'' (1929) * '' Bobby, the ...

.Grange p. 269 It was shot at the

Staaken Studios Staaken Studios was a film studio located in Staaken on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. A large former zeppelin hangar, it was converted to film use following the First World War and operated during the Weimar Republic. In July 1923 it ...

in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Botho Höfer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * '' Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ...

and Hans Minzloff.

Cast

* Harry Liedtke as Heinz Sattorius - Neffe Frensens * Lissy Arna as Marcella Ferrari *

as Jonathan Frensen - Kapitän a.D. * Erich Kaiser-Titz as Justizrat Mahlau * Margarete Kupfer as Witwe Lehmann *

Maria Paudler Maria Paudler (20 June 1903 – 17 August 1990) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) * ''The Young Man from the Ragtrade'' (1926) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) * ''One Does No ...

as Fritzi - ihre Tochter * Fritz Kampers as Wilhelm - ihr Sohn * Iwa Wanja as Annie Frenzel *

Carl Geppert Carl Geppert was a German actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1919 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links *Postcard Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown German male film actors German male silent ...

as Hinnings - Jonathans Diener *

Olaf Storm Olaf Storm, pseudonym of Kurt Theodor von Kann (10 January 1894 – 11 or 12 March 1931) was a German film actor of the silent era. Storm was a star of early German cinema, playing the lead in films such as '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' ...

as Ein junger Künstler * Frida Richard as Die Wäscherin * Sophie Pagay as Die Zimmervermieterin * Hermann Picha as Der Badedirektor * Heinrich Gotho as Der Eisverkäufer * Alfred Loretto as Der Wurstmaxe * Ita Rina

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein German black-and-white films Silent romantic comedy films 1920s German films Films shot at Staaken Studios {{1920s-Germany-film-stub