''A Precocious Girl'' (German title: ''Csibi, der Fratz'' aka ''Früchtchen'') is a 1934 Austrian

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directed by

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and

Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and film producer, producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died i ...

and starring Franciska Gaal, Leopoldine Konstantin and

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, West Germany. Select ...

. The film's sets were designed by

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Julius von Borsody. The film was made by the German subsidiary of

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. Because of the Nazi rise to power Gaal and other Jewish filmmakers went to Austria and Hungary to work on a series of comedy films.Bock & Bergfelder p.144 A separate Italian version of the story '' Unripe Fruit'' was released the same year. It was remade in

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in 1942 as '' Between Us Girls'', with the setting moved to America.

Cast

* Franciska Gaal as Lucie Carell, nicknamed Csibi * Leopoldine Konstantin as Maria, her mother *

as Hartwig *

Friedl Haerlin Friederike "Friedl" Haerlin (29 December 1901 – 17 April 1981) was a German stage and film actress. During the 1930s she worked in cinema playing glamorous roles, mainly in comedy films. In the late 1930s, in order to boost her flagging career, ...

as Eva, seine Frau * Hermann Thimig as Dr. Werner * Anton Edthofer as Dr. Lohnau *

Tibor Halmay Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes c ...

as Berky *

Theo Lingen Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and c ...

as Anton, Diener bei Dr. Werner * Hans Richter as Kurt - ein 14jähriger Junge *

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and he performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as w ...

as Der Herr im Frack * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Der Theaterdirektor *

Alfred Neugebauer Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Money on the Street'' (1930) * '' Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ...

as Der Bankier *

Margarete Kupfer Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Frau Eva'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917 ...

as Gertrude * Christl Giampietro as Emma, Lohnaus Schwester *

Helene Lauterböck Helene or Hélène may refer to: People * Helene (name), and Hélène, a female given name, including a list of people with the name * Hélène (singer) (Hélène Rollès, born 1966), French actress and singer * Helen of Troy, a figure in Greek ...

as Die Vorsteherin des Internats *

Heinz Hanus Heinz Hanus (24 May 1882 – 16 March 1972) was an Austrian actor and film director. He directed 21 films between 1908 and 1929. His younger brother was actor and film director Emmerich Hanus Emmerich Hanus (24 August 1884 – 20 Nov ...

as Waiter

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.

External links

* 1934 films Austrian comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Max Neufeld Films directed by Richard Eichberg Films produced by Joe Pasternak Austrian black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films scored by Nicholas Brodszky German-language comedy films {{1930s-Austria-film-stub

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