''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German

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directed by and starring

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out suc ...

and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a

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. It was shot at the

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with sets designed by the

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.Klaus p.136

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took place at the

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circus in

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Cast

as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist * Ruth Eweler as Fedora * Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy * Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella *

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as Franz - Tierpfleger *

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as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora *

Willi Schur Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Who Takes Love Seriously ...

as Theateragent *

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as Der Zauberkünstler * Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" * Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté * Raffles Bill as Varietéartist *

Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * '' Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' When the Mother an ...

as Krause, Hausmeister *

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as Garderobenfrau von Fedora * Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar * Knut Hartwig as Ober * Alfred Karen as Portier im Hotel "Imperial" *

Philipp Manning Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 1951) was a British-born German actor. He was born in Lewisham to a British father and a German mother. He was sent to Germany for his education and settled there. He often played British characters i ...

as Arzt im Varieté *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer of the Silent film, silent era and later the sound era and known for ''Girl in the Moon (film), Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931). Biogr ...

as Briefträger * S.O. Schoening as Direktor *

Michael von Newlinsky Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82 Selected filmography * ' ...

as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" *

Aruth Wartan Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', ; 23 June 1880 – 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career, generally in supporting roles. Life and career Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakh ...

as Falk, Tierpfleger * Eduard Wenck as Theateragent

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''Historical Dictionary of German Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1938 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Harry Piel Tobis Film films 1930s German films Films shot at Terra Studios Circus films Films scored by Fritz Wenneis {{1930s-Germany-film-stub