The Gentleman from Maxim's

The Gentleman from Maxim's
German film poster
German	Die Herren vom Maxim
Directed by	Carl Boese
Written by	Bobby E. Lüthge Károly Nóti
Produced by	Felix Pfitzner [de] Ilja Salkind
Starring	Lee Parry Johannes Riemann Oskar Karlweis
Cinematography	Carl Drews Heinz Kluth [de]
Edited by	Hildegard Grebner [de]
Music by	Franz Grothe Oscar Straus
Production company	T.K. Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed by	National Film Kiba Filmverleih (Austria)
Release date	1 January 1933 (1933-01-01)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Gentleman from Maxim's (German: Die Herren vom Maxim) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lee Parry, Johannes Riemann and Oskar Karlweis.^[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer and Walter Reimann.^[2]

Synopsis

A lawyer falls in love with a pretty soubrette. When a womanizer friend comes to visit, the lawyer tries to pair the potential competitor off with another woman.

Cast

• Lee Parry as Ursula Heider
• Johannes Riemann as Hans Volkmann
• Oskar Karlweis as Werner Radke
• Leo Slezak as Rübsam - chamber singer
• Manny Ziener as Laura Pikardt
• Jessie Vihrog as Mimi
• Käthe Haack and Ernst Behmer as a married couple
• Albert Florath
• Anita Mey [de]
• Kitty Meinhardt
• Julius Brandt
• Erich Fiedler
• Kurt Werther
• Ellen Blarr
• Oscar Joost as Kapellmeister

References

1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 385. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
2. Klaus p.68

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

• The Gentleman from Maxim's at IMDb