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Edited by | Erno Hajos |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Cheeky Devil (German : Der Frechdachs) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and Heinz Hille and starring Willy Fritsch, Camilla Horn and Ralph Arthur Roberts. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi A. Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz. A separate French-language version You Will Be My Wife was also released.
Camilla Martha Horn was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.
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Black Forest Melody is a 1956 West German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carl Wery, Gardy Granass, and Willy Fritsch. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg at the Circus Roland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Paul Markwitz.
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A Night in Paradise is a 1932 German musical film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Hermann Thimig and Ralph Arthur Roberts. A separate French-language version was also produced with the title Une nuit au paradis directed by Lamac and Pierre Billon. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Break-in is a 1927 German crime film directed by Franz Osten and starring Erika Glässner, Camilla von Hollay and Ralph Arthur Roberts.
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There Is Only One Love is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Louis Graveure, Heinz Rühmann, Ralph Arthur Roberts and Jenny Jugo. An operetta film, it was released in America in 1936. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski.