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What Men Know
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Wikipedia article
'What Men Know' (German: 'Was wissen denn Mnner') is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.Rentschler p.281 Kreimeier p.218 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was remade as the Swedish film 'What Do Men Know?' the same year.
Synopsis
A young woman from the country has a relationship with a travelling salesman who then abandons her. When she falls pregnant from the affair it causes a local scandal.
Cast
* Hans Brausewetter as Karl Christians
* Erwin Kalser as Herr Barthel
* Toni van Eyck as Hertha Barthel
* Ruth Hellberg as Gertrud Kroschelt
* Ilse Korseck as Margot
* Eduard Rothauser as Invalide Schultheiss
* Elsa Wagner as Mutter Kroschelt
* Fritz Odemar as Oberpostsekretr Haber
* Hans Hermann Schaufu as Vater Kroschelt
* Hedy Krilla as Frulein Berghuhn
References
Bibliography
* Kreimeier, Klaus. 'The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945'. University of California Press, 1999.
* Rentschler, Eric. 'The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife'. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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