What Men Know
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| What Men Know | |
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| Directed by | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| Written by | Hanns H. Fischer Hertha von Gebhardt |
| Produced by | Bruno Duday Eduard Kubat |
| Starring | Hans Brausewetter Erwin Kalser Toni van Eyck |
| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
| Edited by | Milo Harbich |
| Music by | Eduard Künneke |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
What Men Know (German: Was wissen denn Männer) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.[1][2] 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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 Oberpostsekretär Haber
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Vater Kroschelt
- Hedy Krilla as Fräulein Berghuhn
Release
[edit | edit source]Leo Brecher attempted to release the film in the United States under the title Hertha's Awakening (Herthas Erwachen), but it was banned in New York.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rentschler p.281
- ^ Kreimeier p.218
- ^ Waldman 2008, p. 37.
Works cited
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- 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.
External links
[edit | edit source]- What Men Know at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1933 films
- 1933 drama films
- German drama films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
- German black-and-white films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- UFA GmbH films
- Films scored by Eduard Künneke
- 1930s German films
- German-language drama films
- 1930s German film stubs