My Sister and I (1929 film)

My Sister and I
Directed by	Manfred Noa
Written by	Georges Berr (play) Louis Verneuil (play) Friedrich Stein
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Starring	Mady Christians Hans Junkermann Jack Trevor
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Production company	National Film
Distributed by	National Film
Release date	27 August 1929 (1929-08-27)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

My Sister and I (German: Meine Schwester und ich) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Mady Christians, Hans Junkermann and Jack Trevor. ^[1] It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Ferdinand Bellan and Alexander Ferenczy.

The film is a German adaptation of a French play by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr, Ma sœur et moi. ^{[2] [3]} The rights to the film were reportedly difficult to negotiate. ^[4] The film was praised for Noa's direction. ^[5]

Cast

• Mady Christians as Prinzessin Margarete von Marquardstein
• Hans Junkermann as Fürst von Marquardstein
• Jack Trevor as Baron Udo von Ebenhausen
• Igo Sym as Dr. Gustav Müller
• Tilla Garden as Irmgard von Pleß
• Charles Puffy as Sebastian Puffinger
• Camilla Spira as Schuh-Molly
• Jakob Tiedtke as Kunde

References

1. Klapdor p.430
2. Griffiths, Kate; Watts, Andrew (24 December 2020). The History of French Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-1-5013-1182-6.
3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
4. Klapdor, Heike (2007). Ich bin ein unheilbarer Europäer: Briefe aus dem Exil (in German). Aufbau. ISBN   978-3-351-02655-4.
5. Duncker, Wolfgang; Tischler, Carola (2007). Mersus: der Filmkritiker Wolfgang Duncker (in German). Edition Text + Kritik. ISBN   978-3-88377-860-0.

Bibliography

• Heike Klapdor. Ich bin ein unheilbarer Europäer: Briefe aus dem Exil. Aufbau, 2007.

External links

• My Sister and I at IMDb