''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (German: ''Wir halten fest und treu zusammen'') is a 1929

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silent

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directed by Herbert Nossen and starring

Sig Arno Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as ''Pardon My Sarong'' and ''The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from ''The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Toto ...

Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German History of the Jews in Germany, Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust. Life Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he ...

and

Ernst Karchow Ernst Karchow (1892–1953) was a German stage and film actor.Youngkin p.432 Selected filmography * '' Lotte'' (1928) * '' We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * ''Inge and the Millions'' (193 ...

. It was one of two films starring Arno and Gerron in their characters of 'Beef' and 'Steak' in an effort to create a German equivalent to

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.Prawer p.83-84 It premiered at the

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as Beef *

as Steak *

as Theodor Klabautermann *

Vera Schmiterlöw Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw (19 July 1904, Varberg – 9 September 1987, Stockholm) was a Swedish actress. She studied drama at the Dramaten from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmate Greta Garbo with whom she grew a lifelong frien ...

as Kitty, Tochter *

Evi Eva Evi Eva (1899–1985) was a German film actress.Goble p.190 Selected filmography * '' The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' At the Edge of the Great City'' (1922) * '' Hallig Hooge'' (1923) * ''The Heart of Lil ...

as Köchin *

Antonie Jaeckel Antonie Jaeckel (5 September 1876 – 26 December 1960) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Madeleine (1919 film), Madeleine'' (1919) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Unknown Tomorrow'' (1923) * ''Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * ''If On ...

as Freifrau von Gotha, Heiratsvermittlerin * Lotte Roman as Stubenmädchen *

Edith Meller Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ...

as Carola Triller * Claire Claery *

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 Assessor *

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 Assessor * Arnold Hasenclever as Teddy * Max Grünberg as Justizrat Scharf *

Otto Hoppe Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Geschäftsführer des Restaurants Newa-Grill

References

Bibliography

* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

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* 1929 films 1929 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German sequel films German black-and-white films Buddy comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub

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