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A Hopeless Case
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Wikipedia article
'A Hopeless Case' is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Hannes Stelzer.Waldman p. 222
The film's sets were designed by Karl Weber.
Synopsis
A determined female medical student at Berlin University resists the advances of her professor, single-mindedly concentrating on her chosen profession. She then sails to Argentina with her true love, fellow student who the Professor has arranged to be sent there to try and get out of the way.
Cast
* Jenny Jugo as Jenny
* Karl Ludwig Diehl as Professor Dr. Bruchsal
* Hannes Stelzer as Hans Faber
* Leo Peukert as Jennys Vater
* Axel von Ambesser as Verehrer
* Heinz Salfner as Diener
* Theodor Danegger as Gotthelf Matthias
* Josefine Dora as Emma Matthias
* Hans Richter as Student
* Erik Ode as Student
* Julia Serda
* Frida Richard
* Gustav Waldau
* Werner Pledath
Trivia
On 14 March 1939, Adolf Hitler summoned Emil Hcha, President of Czechoslovakia to Berlin for talks. The meeting was scheduled late at night and was to include, apart from Hitler, Hermann Gring and Joachim von Ribbentrop. The elderly Hcha was humiliated by being deliberately kept waiting for hours, because Hitler was at that time watching the film 'A Hopeless Case', which ended past midnight. He was summoned by Hitler at 1:15 AM, who informed him that German troops would march into Czechoslovakia at 6:00 AM, on the pretext that the Czechs were disturbing the peace in Europe. In the antechamber, Gring and Ribbentrop pressed Hcha to sign a document legalizing the invasion. When Hcha hesitated, Gring threatened to bomb Prague, whereupon Hcha fainted. Revived by injection, Hcha signed a document in the presence of Hitler accepting the invasion and annexation of Czech lands into the Third Reich, which began in the early morning of 15 March 1939.
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