A Man Like Maximilian
A Man Like Maximilian (German: Ein Mann wie Maximilian) is a 1945 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Karin Hardt and Lizzi Waldmüller.[1] It was one of the last films released during the Third Reich and was playing in cinemas during the Battle of Berlin.
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| Directed by | Hans Deppe |
| Produced by | Fred Lyssa |
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| Music by | Michael Jary |
| Cinematography | Erich Claunigk |
| Edited by | Erich Palme |
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| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
Release date | 13 March 1945 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz.
Synopsis
When her daughter becomes engaged to a respectable lawyer, her mother is delighted as she sees the fiancée as being like her own husband Maximilian. However, suspicions begin to arise that he may be concealing a secret from them.
Cast
- Wolf Albach-Retty as Doctor Thomas Hesse
- Karin Hardt as Monika, dessen Frau
- Lizzi Waldmüller as Alexandra Durran, Sängerin
- Fritz Odemar as Maximilian Holten
- Hermine Ziegler as Fränze Holten
- Norbert Rohringer as Fips Holten
- Max Gülstorff as Heinrich Holten
- Paul Dahlke as Theaterdirektor Rother
- Hannes Keppler as Carol Witt, Tenor
- Auguste Pünkösdy as Frau Durran
- Victor Janson as Theaterdirektor
- Angelo Ferrari as Regisseur
- Emmy Flemmich as Frau Meier
- Rosemarie Grosser as Frl. Behr, Sekretärin
- Emil Reissner as Bühnenportier
- Emilie Bösl as Josefa, Magd
- Karl Neumayer as Briefträger
- Ina Albrecht as Loni, Hausmädchen
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 79
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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