The Big Chance (1934 film)
Appearance
The Big Chance | |
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Directed by | Victor Janson |
Written by | Alfred Möller (play) Hans Lorenz (play) Peter Francke |
Produced by | Max G. Hüske |
Starring | Hansi Niese Hans Söhnker Jakob Tiedtke |
Cinematography | Bruno Timm |
Edited by | Roger von Norman |
Music by | Will Meisel |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date | 31 March 1934 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Big Chance (German: Die große Chance) is a 1934 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Hansi Niese, Hans Söhnker and Jakob Tiedtke. It is part of the tradition of operetta films.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bruno Lutz.
Cast
- Hansi Niese as Lenchen Menzel
- Hans Söhnker as Thomas, ihr Sohn
- Jakob Tiedtke as Oskar Borke, pensionierter Schrankenwärter
- Walter Steinbeck as Generaldirektor Ullmann
- Camilla Horn as Helga, seine Tochter
- Trude Hesterberg as Renate Rodenbeck
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Georg, ihr Sohn
- Alfred Haase as Max Wellhagen, Teilhaber der Ullmann-Werke
- Werner Schott as Hans Raschdorf, Chefingenieur
- Paul Henckels as Otto Meckeritz, Bürovorsteher
- Hans Nerking as C.P. Engelmann, Frackverleiher
References
- ^ Waldman p.70
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.