The Young Count

The Young Count
Directed by	Carl Lamac
Written by	Dinah Nelken Hans H. Zerlett
Produced by	Robert Leistenschneider Artur Hohenberg Alfred Zeisler Carl Lamac Anny Ondra
Starring	Anny Ondra Hans Söhnker Fritz Odemar
Cinematography	Otto Heller Otto Martini
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Music by	Leo Leux
Production companies	Ondra-Lamac-Film UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	9 December 1935 (1935-12-09)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	Czechoslovakia Germany
Language	German

The Young Count (German: Der junge Graf) is a 1935 Czech-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker and Fritz Odemar. It is set around the circus, part of a subgenre of Circus films. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander.

Cast

• Anny Ondra as Billy
• Hans Söhnker as Hans Flint
• Fritz Odemar as Josua
• Hans Junkermann as Graf Prießnitz
• Jakob Tiedtke as Notar
• Karl Platen as Professor Dodereit
• Irmgard Novac as Marianne Dodereit
• Paul Heidemann as Billys Vater
• Josef Reithofer as Hotelportier
• Lilian Bergo as Schlangenmädchen
• Walter von Allwoerden
• Ernst Behmer as Zirkusangestellter
• Erwin Biegel as Saxophonspieler
• Carl Jönsson as Jäger
• Paul Rehkopf
• Peter Lau as Gärtner
• Heinrich Kalnberg
• Ruth Fischer as Solotänzerin

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

• The Young Count at IMDb