''Revolt in the Batchelor's House'' (German: ''Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim'') is a 1929 German
silent comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Manfred Noa
Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film ''Helena (1924 film), Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" alt ...
and starring
Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...
,
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (born Kurt Gerson; 11 May 1897 – 30 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He had a very successful career in cabaret and film before World War II, but was then forbidden to work and was sent to Theresienstadt ...
and
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* ''Ein Schwerenöter'' (1916) – Liddy
* ''Die Eheschule'' (1917)
* ''Die Reise ins Jenseits ...
.
It was one of two films starring Arno and Gerron in their characters of 'Beef' and 'Steak' in an effort to create a German equivalent to
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...
.
[Prawer p.83-84]
The film's sets were designed by
Max Heilbronner.
Cast
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Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...
as Beef
*
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (born Kurt Gerson; 11 May 1897 – 30 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He had a very successful career in cabaret and film before World War II, but was then forbidden to work and was sent to Theresienstadt ...
as Steak
*
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* ''Ein Schwerenöter'' (1916) – Liddy
* ''Die Eheschule'' (1917)
* ''Die Reise ins Jenseits ...
as Die lustige Witwe
*
Käthe von Nagy
Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in German and French cinema.
Early life and education
Käthe von Nagy, the daughter of a wea ...
as Käthe
*
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...
as Tante Adele
*
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 Onkel Theobald
*
Yvette Darnys as Die lustige Ehefrau
*
Angelo Ferrari
Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema.
Selected filmography
* '' The Nude Woman'' (1922)
* '' The Green Manuela'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* ' ...
as Ihr Gatte
See also
* ''
We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin
''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (German: ''Wir halten fest und treu zusammen'') is a 1929 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Herbert Nossen and starring Sig Arno, Kurt Gerron and Ernst Karchow. It w ...
'' (1929)
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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1929 films
1929 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Manfred Noa
German black-and-white films
Buddy comedy films
Silent German comedy films
1920s German films
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