''Film Without a Title'' (German: ''Film ohne Titel'') is a 1948 German

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directed by

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * ''Hello, Fraulein!, Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (195 ...

and starring Hans Söhnker,

Hildegard Knef Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Early years Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm in 19 ...

and

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.Shandley p.159 It was made by

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at the

Emelka Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

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in the

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took place around

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Max Seefelder.

Synopsis

Actor

Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (Wilhelm Egon Fritz, 27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theatre and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz ...

is due to star in a new film. However, the actor, the

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and the

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argue over the content of the production. Although they want to make a

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

, they are unsure how appropriate that is in the wake of the

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. As they discuss this, the screenwriter relates the story of two acquaintances of his, the

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's daughter Christine and the

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Martin. Gradually their relationship becomes the subject of the film.

Cast

* Hans Söhnker as Martin Delius *

as Christine Fleming *

as Angelika Rösch * Erich Ponto as Herr Schichtholz *

Carl Voscherau Carl Voscherau (1900–1963) was a German film actor.Shandley p.212 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. His son Henning Voscherau was Mayor of Hamburg. Selected filmography * '' Film Without a Title ...

as Bauer Fleming *

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Life The daughter of a merchant grew up in Kiel and worked as a typographer. After training as an actor, she made her debut as Rosi in Hermann Sudermann's The Butterfl ...

as Frau Schichtholz * Fritz Wagner as Jochen Fleming * Käte Pontow as Helene *

as himself (Actor) * Fritz Odemar as Screenwriter * Peter Hamel as himself (Director) *

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as Viktoria Luise Winkler * Hildegard Grethe as Bäuerin Fleming *

Margarete Haagen Margarete Haagen (29 November 1889 – 19 November 1966) was a German stage and film actress. Haagen appeared in over a hundred films during her career, generally in character roles. She specialised in playing good-natured elderly ladies. Fo ...

as Haushälterin Emma *

Werner Finck Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...

as Hubert * Nicolas Koline as Kaminsky * Hannes Brackebusch as Geheimrat Pöschmann *

Bum Krüger Bum Krüger (born ''Willy Krüger''; 13 March 1906 - 15 March 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1969. Filmography References External links * 1906 births 1971 deaths German male film ...

as Dancke * Auguste Hansen-Kleinmichel as Frau Quandt * Lilo Hauer as Erica Quandt * Rudolf Helten as Jünemann * Elly Klippe as Frau Wenndorf * Bertha Picard as Frau Pöschmann * Walter Pose as Heimkehrer * Arnold Risch as Gendarm

References

Bibliography

* Shandley, Robert R. ''Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich''. Temple University Press, 2001.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 comedy films West German films German comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Self-reflexive films Films about filmmaking Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub