''Tough Guys, Easy Girls'' () is a 1927 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

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Luci ...

and starring

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Friedrich Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 in fil ...

and

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ba ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Knaake Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * '' Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' (1 ...

Cast

as Adele, ein leichtes Mädchen *

as Martin Overbeck jun. *

as Martin Overbeck sen. *Gottfried Hagedorn as Christoph *

Renate Brausewetter Renate Brausewetter (Málaga, 1 October 1905 – Linz am Rhein, 20 August 2006) was a Spanish-born German silent film actress. She was the younger sister of famous German actor Hans Brausewetter. Brausewetter was born in Málaga, Spain, mov ...

as Tina Schaffner *

Bernd Aldor Bernd Aldor (23 March 1881 – 20 October 1950) was a German stage and film actor. Aldor was a leading star of German cinema during the 1910s and 1920s. He appeared regularly in the films of Richard Oswald and Lupu Pick, often in detective thril ...

as Dr. Hans Brunner *Victor Horwitz as Aloys Mausberger *

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * ''Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * '' The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

as Peter Spieß, Maurer *

Else Reval Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * '' War in Peace'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers ...

as Seine Frau Marie *

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

as Der lange Max, Auflader *

Wolfgang Zilzer Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor. Biography Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...

as Hoppler *

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) ...

as Frau Hoppler *

Hilde Maroff Hilde Maroff (5 June 1904 – 15 August 1984) was a German stage and film actress. She was the mother of the child actor Peter Bosse. Selected filmography * '' Kubinke the Barber'' (1926) * '' Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * '' Sister Veronika' ...

as Bertha *Walter Karel as Der Kleiderhändler *Harry Grunwald as Winkelhuber *Bruno Hoenscherle as Körner

References

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* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Carl Boese German silent feature films National Film films German black-and-white films 1927 comedy films Silent German comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub