''Woman Made to Measure'' (german: Frau nach Maß) is a 1940 German
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
Helmut Käutner
Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...
and starring
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
,
Leny Marenbach and
Dorit Kreysler
Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338
Filmography
* ''Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934)
* ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934)
* ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934)
* '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935)
* ''A Night on the Dan ...
.
[Hull p. 235] Produced by
Terra Film
Terra Film was a Berlin-based film production company. Founded in 1919, it became one of Germany's largest film production companies in the 1930s under the Nazi regime.
Corporate history
The company was founded at end of 1919, initially as a li ...
, it was shot at the
Babelsberg Studio
Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...
s in
Berlin
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. 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 ...
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 Mahar ...
. It was based on the play of the same title by
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including '' Emil and the Detectives''. He received ...
.
Cast
*
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
as Christian Bauer
*
Leny Marenbach as Annemarie / Rosemarie
*
Dorit Kreysler
Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338
Filmography
* ''Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934)
* ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934)
* ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934)
* '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935)
* ''A Night on the Dan ...
as Fräulein Zettlund
*
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...
as Dr. Paul Buchmann
*
Hilde Hildebrand
Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand (10 September 1897 – 12 May 1976) was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976.
Selected filmography
* ''Die Scheidungsehe'' ( ...
as Hermine Campe
*
Walter Steinbeck
Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor.
Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''The Romance of a Poor Sinn ...
as Theaterdirektor Julius Campe
*
Hugo Schrader
Hugo Friedrich Schrader (26 July 1902 – 22 February 1993) was a German television and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930)
* ''The Champion Shot'' (1932)
* ''Wedding at Lake Wolfgang'' (1933)
* '' The Ro ...
as Dr. Gärtner
*
Hermann Pfeiffer
''Leutnant'' Hermann Pfeiffer (24 July 1890 – 20 May 1917) IC was a German World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories.The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/pfeiffer.php Retrieved on 15 April 2010.
Wor ...
as Richard Höllenkamp
*
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
* '' Susann ...
as Hausmädchen Anna
*
Alice Treff
Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' ...
as Fräulein Mümmelmann
*
Erika von Thellmann
Erika von Thellmann (1902–1988) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career.Fritsche p.254
Selected filmography
* ''The Stone Rider'' (1923)
* '' Marriage Strike'' (1935)
*''The Gree ...
as Dame im Wartezimmer
*
Tibor Halmay
Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes ...
as Birkbusch
*
Hadrian Maria Netto
Hadrian Maria Netto (1885–1947) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.228 He was also a playwright.
Selected filmography
* '' A Woman for 24 Hours'' (1925)
* ''Destiny'' (1925)
* '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926)
* ''Love in the Cowshed'' (19 ...
as Prof. Häberfeld
*
Wilhelm Groothe
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People and fictional characters
* William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm"
* Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
Other uses
* Mount ...
as Toni
*
Wilhelm Bendow
Wilhelm Bendow (29 September 1884 – 29 May 1950) was a German film actor who appeared in many films during his career. Bendow made his debut in the 1913 film '' Aus eines Mannes Mädchenzeit''.Elsässer p.106
Selected filmography
* '' Lust for ...
as Schmott
*
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress.
Partial filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Frau Eva'' (1916)
* ''The Queen's Secretary'' (1916)
* '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) ...
as Tante Rose
* Charly Berger as Ein wartender Mann am Standesamt
*
Wilhelm Egger-Sell
Wilhelm may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm"
* Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
Other uses
* Mount ...
as Mann am Standesamt mit dem guten Rat
*
Angelo Ferrari
Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema.
Selected filmography
* ''The Nude Woman'' (1922)
* ''The Green Manuela'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* ''Pr ...
as Christians Sitznachbar in der Theaterloge
*
Aribert Grimmer Aribert ( it, Ariberto) is a Germanic given name, from ''hari'' ("host") and ''beraht'' ("bright"). It may refer to:
* Aribert (archbishop of Milan)
* Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), regent of Anhalt
*Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian Sc ...
as Frischgebackener Ehemann am Standesamt
*
Karl Harbacher
Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914)
* '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915)
* ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920)
* '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920)
* ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921)
* ...
as Die Violine im Orchester
*
Charlie Kracker
Charlie may refer to:
Characters
* "Charlie," the head of the Townsend Agency', from the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise
* Charlie, a character on signs for the CharlieCard, a smart card issued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
* ...
as Bühnenarbeiter
*
Paul Mehler
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
as Junger Mann am Standesamt mit den Zwillingen
*
Armin Münch as Standesbeamter
*
Ewald Wenck
Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* ''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929)
* ''Spoiling the ...
as Theaterinspizient
References
Bibliography
* Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945''. University of California Press, 1969.
External links
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1940 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German comedy films
1940 comedy films
1940s German-language films
Films based on works by Erich Kästner
Films directed by Helmut Käutner
Terra Film films
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
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