We Danced Around the World (German: Wir tanzen um die Welt) is a 1939 German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Charlotte Thiele, Irene von Meyendorff, and Carola Höhn. It is a backstage musical.[1] The film's sets were designed by Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.
| We Danced Around the World | |
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 German film poster | |
| German | Wir tanzen um die Welt |
| Directed by | Karl Anton |
| Written by | Willy Kollo Felix von Eckardt |
| Produced by | Heinrich Jonen |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Herbert Körner |
| Edited by | René Métain |
| Music by | Willy Kollo |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
edit- Charlotte Thiele as Captain-Girl Norma
- Irene von Meyendorff as Eva
- Carola Höhn as Sylvia
- Carl Raddatz as Harvey Swington
- Harald Paulsen as Torstone, agent
- Lucie Höflich as Jenny Hill
- Herbert Hübner as Jonny Hester, agency owner
- Ruth Eweler as Margrit
- Charlott Daudert as Olly
- Edith Oß as Reni
- Edith Meinhard as Julika
- Walter Werner as Waldemar
- Hans Stiebner as Steffani
- Rolf Moebius as Herbert
- Erik Ode as friend #1
- Willy Witte as friend #2
- Hubert von Meyerinck as theatre director in Stockholm #2
- Hilla Höfer as Tamara
- Ursula Rothe as Bulli
- Jutta Max as Susi
- Bronislawa Geiger as Dora
- Frede-Marie Dohna as Fitta
- Ludmilla Gorny as Ursula
- Margarete Genske as Violet
- Eva Krauß as Lucie
- Mia Elmenhorst as Mary
- Evelin von Schöning as Lotte
- Victoria Weichmann as Hansi
- Lilo Mylo as Steffi
- Roserinette Lahrmann as Kitty
- Kriemhild Waischwillat as Leni
- Karl Platen as Werner, secretary
- Erich Ziegel as doctor in Copenhagen
- Eduard Bornträger as doctor in Stockholm
- Maria Krahn as mother
- Alfred Haase as theatre director in Stockholm #1
- Karl Junge-Swinburne as theatre director in Copenhagen
- Carl Heinz Peters as commissioner in Paris
- Charly Berger as detective in Paris
- Fritz Eckert as Sekretär von Hester
- Charles Francois as dinner cart waiter
- Aribert Grimmer as Wortführer der Claque
- Fred Köster as colleague von Hester
- Kate Kühl as Ila Caroly
- Heinz Müller as Klavierbegleiter
- Klaus Pohl as Agent in Kopenhagen
- Paul Rehkopf as waiter
- Ernst Rotmund as theatre director
- Gisela Schlüter as Artist at Hester
- Wera Schultz as nurse
- Leo Sloma as guest at the nightclub
References
edit- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 382. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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