Trouble with Jolanthe
1934 German film
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Trouble with Jolanthe (German: Krach um Jolanthe) is a 1934 German romantic comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Wilhelm P. Krüger, Marianne Hoppe and Olaf Bach.[1] It was remade in 1955 as The Happy Village. A separate Swedish adaptation, Jolanta the Elusive Pig, had been released in 1945.
GermanDer Wetterwart
Directed byCarl Froelich
Written byAugust Hinrichs (play)
Robert A. Stemmle
Walter Supper
Robert A. Stemmle
Walter Supper
Produced byCarl Froelich
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| German | Der Wetterwart |
| Directed by | Carl Froelich |
| Written by | August Hinrichs (play) Robert A. Stemmle Walter Supper |
| Produced by | Carl Froelich |
| Starring | Wilhelm P. Krüger Marianne Hoppe Olaf Bach |
| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
| Music by | Hanson Milde-Meissner |
Production company | Carl Froelich-Film |
| Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
The film adapts "August Hinrichs's folk-play Krach um Jolanthe (The Row about Yolanthe), also known in a Low German version as Swienskomödie (Jolanthe was a pig)."[2] The play is remembered as one of Hitler's favourite.[3]
Cast
- Wilhelm P. Krüger as Krischan Lampken, farmer
- Marianne Hoppe as Anna, daughter
- Olaf Bach as Müller Bunjes
- Marieluise Claudius as Sophie, sister
- Fritz Hoopts as Hinnerk, servant
- Carsta Löck as Stine, maid
- Albert Lieven as Wesemeier, the new teacher
- Karl Dannemann as Rupf, the new gendarme
- Willi Schur as Egon Mahnke, bailiff
- Fita Benkhoff as Erna Klüfkorn, bride
- Max Eckard as farmer's friend #1
- Hugo Froelich as Oncken, farmer
- Richard Handwerk as Borchers, farmer
- Willi Parshen as farmer's friend #3
- Jaspar von Oertzen as farmer's friend #2
See also
- Jolanta the Elusive Pig (1945)
