''This One or None'' (German: ''Die - oder keine'') is a 1932 German

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directed by

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and starring

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, Max Hansen and

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. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.37 The film's sets were designed by the

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Franz Schroedter. Location shooting took place around Berlin at the

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, Potsdamer Platz and Unter den Linden.

Cast

as Eva Petri * Max Hansen as Prince Michael von Marana *

as Prince Wenzel von Marana *

Paul Otto Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...

as Ravel, Bankier * Fritz Fischer as Florian, Tenor * Paul Henckels as Montalon, Michaels Adjutant *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...

as Officer *

Wolfgang von Schwindt Wolfgang von Schwind also spelled Wolfgang von Schwindt (4 July 1879 – 19 April 1949) was an Austrian actor and opera singer. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1920 to 1947. He was the grandson of Austrian painter Moritz von Schwind ...

as Ein Bassist *

Erich Fuchs Erich Fuchs (9 April 1902 – 25 July 1980) was an SS functionary who worked for the Action T4 mass-murder program, and for the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust. Fuchs was charged with war crimes at the Bełżec Trial in 1963–64, for ...

as Ein Bariton *

Lucy Malata Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Luci ...

as Eine Altastin *

Barnabás von Géczy Barnabás von Géczy (4 March 1897 – 2 July 1971) was a Hungarian violinist, composer and bandleader. Biography von Géczy was born in Budapest, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music. After World War I, he left Hungary and found work as ...

as Primgeiger * Comedian Harmonists as Themselves

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 musical films German musical films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Froelich Operetta films German black-and-white films Films shot in Berlin 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{musical-film-stub