''When You're Young, the World Belongs to You'' () is a 1934 Austrian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...

and starring

Joseph Schmidt Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor. Life and career Schmidt was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: '' Davydivka'') village in the Storozhynets district of the Bukovina province of ...

Otto Treßler Otto Treßler, also Otto Tressler, (13 April 1871 – 27 April 1965) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1962. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. He was a ...

and Lilliane Dietz. Along with ''

Adventures on the Lido ''Adventures on the Lido'' () is a 1933 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Alfred Piccaver, S.Z. Sakall and Nora Gregor. Because Oswald was a Jew, both this and another film of his were denied permission to b ...

'', it was denied a permit to be shown in German cinemas because Oswald was deemed an enemy of

National Socialism Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequ ...

Cast

as Carlo *

as Rossani *Lilliane Dietz as Lisetta * Ernst Arndt as village organist *Walter Edthofer as Roberto *

Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. She was a prolific actress in both the silent and sound eras. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Lov ...

as Theresa * S. Z. Sakall as Beppo *

Gerd Oswald Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor be ...

as Giuseppe, horse boy *Artuir Preuß as Tenor *

Richard Eybner Richard Eybner (3 March 1896 – 20 June 1986) was an Austrian actor at the theatre and in films. Selected filmography * ''Purpur und Waschblau'' (1931) - Kabinettsrat Traunstadt * '' Die große Liebe'' (1931) * '' When You're Young, the World B ...

as Theater director * Karl Kneidinger

References

External links

* 1934 films 1934 comedy films Austrian comedy films Films directed by Richard Oswald Austrian black-and-white films 1930s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1930s-Austria-film-stub