This film is shot in Ufa-Ateliers Neubabelsberg.
Shooting takes place intermittantly from late January 1930 till early
March of the same year. In all there are 15 days of filming. It is
Richard Oswald's first full sound film.
On
March24th 1930, the Censors (Filmprüfstelle Berlin)
authorize it for projection (document: B. 25457,
Jf).
The premier
of this movie, Richard Oswald's first sound film, takes
place on April 3rd 1930.
Breaking with the then popular wine, women and song genre by
filling most of the leading roles with leading stars from Berlin's cabaret scene
(in particular Siegfried Arno, Paul Morgan, Max Ehrlich and Paul
Graetz), this film immediately meets with enormous public acclaim.
Steffi
is in love with the unemployed musician Pepi. Still, her father the
instru-ment retailer, Ignaz Korn, wants her to marry one of his card
playing buddies the butcher Burgstaller.
When
the typesetter, Cäsar Grün, purposely misprints a winning lottery number
in the newspaper, Korn and Burgstaller, thinking they have won, pay the
drinks for everybody in the Bock Café and then give away their
businesses.
Once the misprint is corrected, there is
great disappointment and dispair. In the end, orderly relationships are
re-established on all sides ...and over in the musical instrument shop
Pepi and Steffi are sitting together blissfully, their wedding
announcement in hand
Cast Charlotte Ander Paul Morgan Igo Sym
Max Hansen
Siegfried Arno
Paul Graetz Max Ehrlich
Sigi Hofer
Dora Hrach
Irene Ambrus
Grete Natzler
Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer
Luigi Bernaue
Music
...Steffi
...Pokorny, Master Tailor
...Pepi, Pokorny's Son
...Burgstaller, Master Butcher
...Ferninand, Café Cashier
...Piefke, Traveller from Berlin ...Old Printer (Cäsar Grün)
...Ignaz Korn, Steffi's Father ...Emilie, Ignaz' Wife
...Ilona, Sales Person
...Mrs. Bock, Café Keeper
...Gustl, Pikkolo
...Nature Singer
Directed and produced by Richard
Oswald
Written
by Ernest Neubach in collaboration with Max
Ehrlich & Paul Morgan
Cinematography by Friedl
Behn-Grund & Paul Holzki
Music by Hans May
Stage sets built by
Franz
Schroedter
Make-up by Alfred Lehmann
& Adolf Arnold
Sound Production by Guido
Bagier
Sound Artistic Advice by
Hans Conradi
Sound Camera by Hermann Stoer
System by Tobias-System
Production Company was
Richard Oswald-Production GmbH, Berlin
Production supervised by
Richard Oswald
Rental in Germany
exclusively by
Atlas Film-Verleih GmbH
Erich Morawsky & Georg Casper
Berlin SW 48
Friedrichsstrasse 23
