The Man Who Couldn't Say No (German: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte) is a 1958 comedy film directed by Kurt Früh and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hannelore Schroth and Siegfried Lowitz.[1] It represented an early co-production between the Danish company Rialto Film and the German distributor Constantin Film.
The Man Who Couldn't Say No | |
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Directed by | Kurt Früh |
Written by | Hans Jacoby (novel) Max Kolpé |
Produced by | Helmut Beck Ole Mynster Preben Philipsen Conrad von Molo |
Starring | Heinz Rühmann Hannelore Schroth Siegfried Lowitz |
Cinematography | Göran Strindberg |
Edited by | Edith Schlüssel |
Music by | Heinrich Sutermeister |
Production companies | Rialto Film PEN-Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Countries | Denmark Switzerland West Germany |
Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erik Aaes. It was shot at studios in Hellerup in Copenhagen and at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Cast
edit- Heinz Rühmann as Thomas Träumer
- Hannelore Schroth as Eva Träumer
- Siegfried Lowitz as Alfons Ulrich
- Ursula Heyer as Bettina
- Renate Ewert as Marilzn
- Helga Münster as Hilde
- Franz-Otto Krüger as Kommisar Kümmelmann
- Wolfgang Kieling as Untersuchungsrichter
- Willi Rose as Polizei-Wachtmeister
- Erwin Linder as Polizei-Reviervorsteher
- Carl Voscherau as Gefängniswachtmeister
- Clemens Hasse as Angestellter beim Hundezwinger
- Inge Stolten as Fürsorgerin
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 242.
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.