''Don't Play with Love'' () is a 1949 West German

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directed by

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and starring

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, Albrecht Schoenhals and Bruni Löbel.Bock & Bergfelder p. 78 It was shot at the

Althoff Studios The Althoff Studios () were film studios located in Potsdam outside the German capital Berlin. The studios were constructed in 1939 by the film producer Gustav Althoff who controlled the independent company Aco-Film. The original building was a f ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Florentine Alvensleben * Albrecht Schoenhals as Eduard Caroly * Bruni Löbel as Friedel *

Paul Klinger Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack Dubbing (filmmaking), dubbing. Family life His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinr ...

as Walter Ulrich / Wupp *

Petra Peters Petra Peters (31 March 1925 – 31 July 2004) was a German stage and film actress.Goble p.263 In the late 1940s she made her name appearing in films made by the East German DEFA studio. She was married to the actor Albert Lieven. Selected filmog ...

as Wanja *

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well known ...

as Peter *

Ethel Reschke Ethel Reschke (24 April 1911 – 5 June 1992) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1931 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931) * '' Paul and Pauline'' (1936) * '' By ...

as Eva * Horst Gentzen as Wolke *

Alexa von Porembsky Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin * '' Road to Rio'' (1931) - Die Unerfahr ...

as Frau Pleßmann *

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 Frau Meyer *

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as Souffleuse * Egon Ziesemer as Intendant *

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as Reiseleiter * Friedrich Honna as Dicker Mann *

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as Spediteur * Fred Falckenberg as Mitropa-Kellner *

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as Spediteur *

Herbert Weissbach Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territor ...

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hans Deppe German films based on plays Films with screenplays by Karl Georg Külb German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot at Althoff Studios Films scored by Franz Grothe {{1940s-Germany-film-stub