''t Was één April'' is a

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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 (film industry), Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war f ...

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

Cast

* Jacques Van Bylevelt ... Heer Vlasman *

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... Vlasmans vrouw * Jopie Koopman ... Vlasmans dochter * Rob Milton ... Vlasmans dochters verloofde * Herman Tholen... Baron de Hoog van Vriesland *

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... Handelaar * Cissy Van Bennekom ... Vlasmans secretaresse * Pau Dana ... Secretaresse

Background

The movie is a remake of the German film '' April, April!'' (

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), 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 Dutch-language drama films {{1930s-drama-film-stub