The Firm Gets Married (1914 film)

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The Firm Gets Married
Directed by Carl Wilhelm
Written by
Produced by Paul Davidson
Starring
Cinematography Friedrich Weinmann
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Distributed byPAGU
Release date
November 1914
CountryGermany
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The Firm Gets Married (German:Die Firma heiratet) is a 1914 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Arnold and Albert Paulig. [1] It is also known by the alternative title of The Perfect Thirty-Six. It was remade by Wilhelm as a sound film The Firm Gets Married in 1931.

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  1. Elsaesser p.213

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