''Don't Dream, Annette'' () is a 1949 German

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directed by Eberhard Klagemann and

Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing ''Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth'', the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to bec ...

and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Eckard and Karl Schönböck. It was made by

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in the Soviet Zone of Germany which was soon afterwards to become

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Wilhelm Depenau, Otto Erdmann and Kurt Herlth.

Synopsis

Attractive French

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Annette has two devoted suitors, the

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Klaus and the

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Theo, who both propose marriage to her. She then meets the

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Hans who she is also quickly interested in. She dreams what her future would be if she married each of the men.

Cast

* Jenny Jugo as Annette *Max Eckard as Hans * Karl Schönböck as Klaus * Helmuth Rudolph as Theo * Gustav Waldau as The last Bourbone * Hans Stiebner as visitor in the concert hall * Walter Werner as visitor in the concert hall * Olga Limburg as Frau von Condé *

Else Reval Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * '' War in Peace'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers ...

as Berta - Dienstmädchen * Erich Timm as Karl * Erwin Biegel as retired civil servant * Antonie Jaeckel as his wife *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom o ...

as bookbinder * Erik von Loewis as Monsieur Picard *Werner Segtrop as steward *Axel Triebel as Bourgeois * Paul Bildt *Waltraud Engel * O. W. Fischer *Lotte Jürgens *Waltraud Kogel *

Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * '' The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' T ...

*Helmut Wolff

References

External links

* East German films German comedy films 1949 comedy films Films directed by Helmut Weiss German black-and-white films 1940s German films 1940s German-language films Films scored by Theo Mackeben {{1940s-Germany-film-stub