''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (German: ''Aus dem Tagebuch eines Junggesellen'') is a 1929 German silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Reinhold Schünzel,

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) * '' Th ...

and

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well ...

.Elsaesser p.301 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller.

Cast

* Reinhold Schünzel as Franz *

as von Wallenstein *

as Baron Alfons von Arenhuys *

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, ''A Trip on ...

as Herr von Frantz * Toni Tetzlaff as Dessen Gattin *

Henry Bender Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * '' Whitechape ...

as August Krause *

Margarete Kupfer Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * ''The Canned Bride'' (1915) * ''Frau Eva'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * ''When Four Do the Same'' (1917) ...

as Amalie, seine Frau * Iwa Wanja as Lilli, beider Tochter * Grit Haid as Lulu, eine Bardame *

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * '' The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * ''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

as Mieze *

Ludwig Stössel Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an actor born in Lockenhaus, now Austria, then Hungary. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography St ...

as Herr von Pollak * Max Ralph-Ostermann as Jean

References

Bibliography

* Elsaesser, Thomas. ''Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary''. Routledge, 2000.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Erich Schönfelder 1929 comedy films German comedy films German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub