''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (german: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German

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film directed by

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and starring

Karl Ludwig Diehl Karl Ludwig Diehl (14 August 1896 – 8 March 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957. His father was Karl Diehl, the German professor of Anarchism. Filmography * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924 ...

, Karin Hardt, and

Leo Slezak Leo Slezak (; 18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was a Moravian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Slezak ...

. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film ''

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'' also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in

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.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Gabriel Pellon Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annexed ...

and

Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Sensational T ...

Plot

German version of the Italian film Ma Non E Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1938 romantic comedy films 1938 films Films directed by Mario Camerini Films of Nazi Germany Remakes of Italian films German romantic comedy films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello 1930s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub