The Cousin from Nowhere (1934 film)

The Cousin from Nowhere
Directed by	Georg Zoch
Written by	Georg Zoch Herman Haller (libretto) Fritz Oliven (libretto)
Produced by	Viktor Klein
Starring	Lien Deyers Lizzi Holzschuh Walter von Lennep Rudolf Platte
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Eduard Künneke
Production company	Victor Klein-Film
Distributed by	Rota-Film
Release date	11 September 1934 (1934-09-11)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

The Cousin from Nowhere (German: Der Vetter aus Dingsda) is a 1934 German operetta film directed by Georg Zoch and starring Lien Deyers, Lizzi Holzschuh and Walter von Lennep. It is based on the 1921 operetta The Cousin from Nowhere composed by Eduard Künneke. It was later turned into a 1953 film of the same title.^[1]

Plot

In this operetta adaptation, a young woman waits for her lover in India, while her impatient uncle wants to marry her off without further ado to a rich merchant.

Cast

• Lien Deyers as Julia
• Lizzi Holzschuh as Hannchen
• Walter von Lennep as Hans
• Rudolf Platte as August
• Paul Heidemann as Wildenhagen
• Jakob Tiedtke as Onkel Emil
• Werner Finck as Der Diener Franz
• Hilde Hofer-Pittschau as Die Tante
• Ernst Behmer
• Max Wilmsen
• Luise Morland
• Otto Sauter-Sarto
• Curt Max Richter
• Hans Steinberg
• Eleonore Tappert

References

1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 389. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

External links

• The Cousin from Nowhere at IMDb