''That's All That Matters'' (German: ''...und das ist die Hauptsache!?'') is a 1931 German

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

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directed by

Joe May Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of Cinema of Germany, German cinema. Biography After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he b ...

and starring

Nora Gregor Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Biography She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Görz, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary, but is now part of Italy, to Austrian-Jewish parent ...

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia as the seventh out of 12 children of a merchant. After his father's death in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and ...

and

Ursula Grabley Ursula Grabley (8 December 1908 – 3 April 1977) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1929 and 1977. Her acting career started during the late Silent film, silent era and blossomed in the sou ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It premiered at the

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Cast

as Renée Roettlinck *

as Werner Roettlinck *

as Pixi * Robert Thoeren as The Prince *

Agnes Bernauer Agnes Bernauer (c. 1410 – 12 October 1435) was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. Because his father, Ernest, ruling Duke of Bavaria at the time, considered this liaison with a commone ...

as Peterle, son *

Ferdinand Hart Ferdinand Hart (28 October 1893 in Písek – 12 January 1937 in Prague) was a film actor from Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * '' The Hungarian Princess'' (1923) * ''The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * '' You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * '' Und ...

as Bittrich *

Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. He was arrested by the Nazis when they occupied the Netherlands and was kil ...

as Klöppel, painter * Fritz Odemar as Detective Commissioner Schierling *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ...

as Wilhelm, servant to the Roettlincks *

Julius Falkenstein Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...

as Ball visitor *Ernst Duschy as ragman *Julius E. Herrmann *

Trude Lehmann Trude Lehmann (1892–1987) was a German film actress.Grange p.307 Selected filmography * '' Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * '' Nanette Makes Everything'' (1926) ...

* Rolf Müller *

Ernst Pröckl Ernst Johann Pröckl (21 June 1888 – 26 November 1957) was an Austrian stage actor and director.Hardt p.219 He also appeared in numerous films, mainly German. Selected filmography * '' The Peruvian'' (1919) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' ...

Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lilli (1919 film), Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli ...

Viktor Schwannecke Viktor Schwanneke (8 February 1880 – 7 June 1931) was a German stage director and actor, writer, and film actor whose acting career began at the turn of the 20th century. Early life Viktor Schwanneke was born in the small village of Hedwig ...

References

External links

* Films of the Weimar Republic German musical comedy films 1931 musical comedy films Films directed by Joe May Films produced by Joe May German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German-language films Films scored by Walter Jurmann {{Musical-comedy-film-stub