The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 film)

The Man Who Couldn't Say No
Directed by	Mario Camerini
Written by	Luigi Pirandello (play) Mario Camerini Werner Finck Karl Lerbs
Produced by	Alberto Giacalone
Starring	Karl Ludwig Diehl Karin Hardt Leo Slezak
Cinematography	Werner Bohne
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Walter Kollo Alfred Strasser
Production company	Itala Film
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	1 February 1938
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Man Who Couldn't Say No (German: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film But It's Nothing Serious also directed by Camerini.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

Cast

• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Memmo Speranza
• Karin Hardt as Gasperina
• Leo Slezak as Barranco
• Werner Finck as Lamanna
• Frauke Lauterbach as Elsa
• Hilde Krüger as Marguerite
• Charlott Daudert as Loletta
• Georgia Lind as Mathilde
• Erik von Loewis as Giulio, Elsas Bruder
• Olga Engl as Theresa, Elsas Mutter
• Hans Stock as Andreas, Elsas Vater
• Erwin Biegel as Giovanni, Diener Memmos
• Else Valery as Luisa, Haushälterin
• Eduard von Winterstein as Colonel, Mathildes Vater
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Grizoffi, Pensionsgast
• Hermann Pfeiffer as Virgadamo, Pensiongast
• Margarete Sachse as Lehrerin, Pensiongast
• Irene Margot as Sängerin
• Josef Reithofer as Arzt

Bibliography

• Nina daVinci Nichols. Pirandello and Film. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.

External links

• The Man Who Couldn't Say No at IMDb