The Telephone Operator (1925 film)

The Telephone Operator
Directed by	Hanns Schwarz
Written by	Henrik Galeen Adolf Lantz
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by	Giuseppe Becce Otto Urack
Production company	Sternheim Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	15 October 1925 (1925-10-15)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Telephone Operator (German: Das Fräulein vom Amt) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring André Mattoni, Alexander Murski, and Willy Kaiser-Heyl. The film's art direction was by Erich Czerwonski. It was notable for the number of leading UFA technicians who worked on it. It premiered on 15 October 1925 at the Tauenzienpalast in Berlin. It is also known by the alternative title Liebe und Telefon.

Cast

• André Mattoni as Frank Caruther
• Alexander Murski as Baron Josua Caruther
• Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Baron Conrad
• Karl Platen as Jeff
• Kurt Wichulla as Kind
• Frida Richard as Tante Betsy
• Paul Biensfeldt as Notar
• Frieda Türnowski as Nachbarin
• Fritz Richard as Vorsteher
• Hugo Döblin as Wucherer
• Lydia Potechina as Zimmervermieterin
• Ellen Plessow as Reisende
• William Huch as Kammerdiener
• Mary Johnson as Mary Hard
• Margarete Lanner

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Providence: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Telephone Operator at IMDb