''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' () is a 1938 German

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film directed by

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and starring

Karl Ludwig Diehl Karl Ludwig Diehl (14 August 1896 – 8 March 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957. His father was Karl Diehl, the German professor of Anarchism. Filmography * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) ...

, Karin Hardt, and

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. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film '' But It's Nothing Serious'' also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in

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.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the

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and

Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Sensational Tr ...

Plot

German version of the Italian film Ma Non È Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1938 romantic comedy films 1938 films Films directed by Mario Camerini Films of Nazi Germany Remakes of Italian films German romantic comedy films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello 1930s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios German-language romantic comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub