Theo Lingen, born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.
Georg Thomalla was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.
Else Elster was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras.
Death Over Shanghai is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested that the German government have the film destroyed because they had received reports that it "ridiculed China and the Chinese people".
The Violet of Potsdamer Platz is a 1936 German drama film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Rotraut Richter, Margarete Kupfer and Else Elster. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge.
A Salzburg Comedy or Little Border Traffic is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Fritsch, Hertha Feiler and Heinz Salfner. Erich Kästner wrote the screenplay based on one of his own novels. As he had been blacklisted by the Nazi Party he used the pseudonym Berhold Bürger. The novel was again adapted for the 1957 film Salzburg Stories.
Peace of Mind is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Max Obal and starring Fritz Kampers, Lucie Englisch, and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot on location around Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It is one of a number of farces set during the pre-First World War Germany military which were made in the early 1930s.
The Unfaithful Eckehart is a 1940 German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Hans Moser, Hedwig Bleibtreu and Lucie Englisch. It is based on Hans Stürm's play of the same title, which had previously been made into a 1928 film and a 1931 film.
The Testament of Cornelius Gulden is a 1932 German drama film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Magda Schneider, Georg Alexander, and Theo Lingen. It is based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Ludwig von Wohl.
Nanette Makes Everything is a 1926 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Mady Christians, Georg Alexander and Vivian Gibson. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff.
Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta is a 1953 West German comedy film adapted from the play of the same name. It was directed by Karl Georg Külb and starred Viktor Staal, Ida Wüst, and Ingrid Lutz.
Frederica is a 1932 German historical musical drama film directed by Fritz Friedmann-Frederich and starring Mady Christians, Hans-Heinz Bollmann and Veit Harlan. It is based on the 1928 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehar which depicts the love affair between Friederike Brion and the young Goethe.
Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Hansi Niese, Hertha Thiele, and Else Elster. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film Three Waiting Maids. A Swedish remake Marriageable Daughters was produced the following year.
To Be Without Worries is a 1953 Austrian-German historical comedy film directed by Georg Marischka and starring Walter Müller, Hans Moser and Walter Koch. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.
Nothing But Coincidence is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Theo Lingen, Sonja Ziemann, and Josef Meinrad. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios in northern Germany. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.
A Woman Like You is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Liane Haid, Georg Alexander, and S. Z. Sakall.It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
The First Right of the Child is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer.
The Eternal Spring is a 1940 German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Bernhard Minetti and Lina Carstens. It is part of the tradition of Heimatfilm.
The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel is a 1934 German drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Elsa Merlini, Georg Alexander and Hans Brausewetter. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. A separate Italian-language version The Lucky Diamond was also produced starring Merlini with a different supporting cast.
