A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (German version)
1934 film
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A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (German: Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will) is a 1934 Czechoslovak musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Lil Dagover, Anton Edthofer, and Anton Walbrook,[1] a German-language version of Czech film A Woman Who Knows What She Wants. It is an adaptation of a 1932 stage musical of the same title, with music by Oscar Straus. It was filmed at the Barrandov Studios in Prague.
GermanEine Frau, die weiß, was sie will
Directed byVictor Janson
Written by
- Peter Franke
- Alfred Grünwald (libretto)
- Ernst Hasselbach
- Louis Verneuil (libretto)
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| German | Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will |
| Directed by | Victor Janson |
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| Starring | Lil Dagover Anton Edthofer Anton Walbrook |
| Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch Jan Stallich |
| Edited by | Roger von Norman |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
Production company | Meissner |
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| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | German |
The musical was adapted again as a 1958 West German film of the same title.
Cast
- Lil Dagover as Mona Cavallini, Revuestar
- Anton Edthofer as Erik Mattisson, industrialist
- Maria Beling as Karin, his daughter
- Anton Walbrook as Axel Basse
- Kurt Vespermann as Peter Kasten
- Hans Junkermann as Dr. Frank Heyberg, lawyer
- Werner Finck as Kalmann, press secretary
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Lynge, banker
- Inge John as Kalman's secretary
- Leo Peukert as Almers, director
- Pepi Glöckner-Kramer as Babette, wardrobe mistress
- Franz Scharwenka as President of Paranarena
- Carl Wilhelm Tetting as his Adjutant
- Michael von Newlinsky as Prim
