The Gasman

The Gasman
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Heinrich Spoerl
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Anny Ondra Walter Steinbeck
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse Johanna Rosinski
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	1 August 1941
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Gasman (German: Der Gasmann) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Anny Ondra and Walter Steinbeck. The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag. It was made by Froelich's separate production unit, and distributed by the major studio UFA.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Hermann Knittel
• Anny Ondra as Erika Knittel
• Walter Steinbeck as Herr - der nicht erkannt sein möchte
• Erika Helmke as Blondes Fräulein Lilott
• Will Dohm as Schwager Alfred
• Franz Weber as Gerichtsvorzitsender
• Kurt Vespermann as Staatsanwalt
• Hans Leibelt as Prominenter Verteidiger
• Charlotte Susa as Schöne Zeugin
• Gisela Schlüter as Entzückende kleine Frau
• Herbert Bach as Kellner
• Luise Bethke-Zitzman as Knittels Nachbarin
• Paul Bildt as Nervenarzt Dr. Brauer
• Fritz Draeger as Mann im Zugabteil
• Paul Esser
• Hugo Froelich as Taxifahrer
• Wilhelm Große as Auskunftsbeamter
• Wolfgang Heise
• Bruno Hellwinkel as Polizeibeamter
• Otto Krieg-Helbig as Polizeibeamter
• Wilhelm P. Krüger as Flickschneider
• Walter Lieck as Bankdiener
• Manfred Meurer as Verdächtiger Jüngling
• Herta Neupert as Mopsgesicht
• Erik Radolf as Kriminalbeamter
• Marga Riffa as Beamtin der Sittenpolizei
• Rolf Rolphs as Polizeibeamter
• Max Rosenhauer
• Oscar Sabo as Pensionierter Schutzmann
• Ernst Stimmel as Bankdirektor
• Eleonore Tappert as Zimmervermieterin
• Eva Tinschmann as Frau Maschke
• Hans Ulrich as Bankangestellter
• Egon Vogel as Beamter für Verkehrsunfälle
• Ewald Wenck as Kriminalbeamter
• Hermine Ziegler as Frauenberaterin Janette Knoll
• Bruno Ziener as Vornehmer alter Herr
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as Polizeibeamter
• Kurt Seifert as Finanzbeamter
• Helmut Weiss as Romantischer Jüngling

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Gasman at IMDb