Men Are That Way

Men Are That Way
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Heinrich Seiler (novel) Hans Joachim Beyer Peter Kirsten
Produced by	Walter Tost
Starring	Hertha Feiler Hans Söhnker Hans Olden
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Edited by	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	16 March 1939
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Men Are That Way (German: Männer müssen so sein) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker and Hans Olden.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as Arena of Fear (1959).

Synopsis

An attractive female dance student becomes involved in the circus world, falls in love and takes it up professionally.

Cast

• Hertha Feiler as Beatrice Rasmussen
• Hans Söhnker as Ruda, Dompteur
• Hans Olden as Cameron, Kunstschütze
• Paul Hörbiger as Dody, Musik-Clown

... and in alphabetical order:

• Lída Baarová
• James Bachert as Negerjunge
• Günther Ballier as Kriminalkommissar
• Walter Bechmann as Ein Freund Karl Rasmussens
• Kurt Bierbaum as Zirkusangestellter
• Fritz Böttger as Pinelli
• Elma Czell as Daisy, Trapezartistin
• Charlott Daudert as Frieda
• Jac Diehl as Zirkusangestellter
• Mia Elmenhorst as Programmverkäuferin
• Max Harry Ernst as Zirkusangestellter
• Arthur Fritz Eugens as Willi - Dody's Sohn
• Han Fongkeng as Tierwärter Shing
• Karl Harbacher as Humphrey
• Mohamed Husen as Ein Gast im Lokal
• Hilla Höfer as Ursula
• Victor Janson as Gerlach, Zirkus-Regisseur
• Käthe Jöken-König as Elsie Meyer, Friedas Zimmervermieterin
• Alfred Karen as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
• Josef Keim as Kren, Zirkusdirektor
• Maria Loja as Kantinenwirtin
• Paul Luka as Raubtierwärter
• Günther Lüders as Franz
• Die Metropol Vocalisten as Singers
• Karl-Heinz Peters as Dr. Kramer, Zirkusarzt
• Ilse Petri as Direktions-Sekretärin
• Klaus Pohl as Karusselbesitzer
• Gustav Püttjer as Plakatverteiler
• Ferdinand Robert as Logengast
• Ernst G. Schiffner as Theater- und Varietéagentur Rolf Hinz
• Margarete Schön as Frau Petersen
• Hans Stiebner as Der spanische Zirkusartist mit der Clownnummer
• Egon Stief as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
• Theo Stolzenberg as Direktor der Friedrichshallen
• Georg Tressler as Student
• Albert Venohr as Kriminalkommissar
• Edith von Donat as Ballettgirl
• Christine von Trümbach
• Fredy Walden as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
• Hansi Wendler as Ballettgirl
• Max Wilmsen as Wirt
• Eugen Wolff as Band Leader
• Erich Ziegel as Rasmussen, Beatrices Vater

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Men Are That Way at IMDb