''t Was één April'' is a

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film directed by

Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for ...

and Jacques van Tol. It is a

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Plot

When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. They could not be happier when a wealthy baron offers to introduce them into the high class. What they don't realise is that this was all an

April Fools' April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved in these pranks, which may b ...

prank. Unfortunately for the pranksters, things get out of hand when a real baron visits the Vlasmans.

Cast

* Jacques Van Bylevelt ... Heer Vlasman * Tilly Perin-Bouwmeester ... Vlasmans vrouw * Jopie Koopman ... Vlasmans dochter * Rob Milton ... Vlasmans dochters verloofde * Herman Tholen... Baron de Hoog van Vriesland * Johan Kaart ... Handelaar * Cissy Van Bennekom ... Vlasmans secretaresse * Pau Dana ... Secretaresse

Background

The movie is a remake of the German film '' April, April!'' ( 1935), also directed by

. In the German version the baron was a prince. Sirk never came to the Netherlands. All of his scenes were shot in Germany. Scenes in the Netherlands were directed by Jacques van Tol. No known copies of the film exist today.Internet Movie Database - Trivia
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References

External links

* 1936 films Dutch black-and-white films 1936 drama films Dutch multilingual films Dutch drama films Lost Dutch films 1936 multilingual films 1936 lost films Lost drama films 1930s Dutch-language films {{1930s-drama-film-stub