''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' () is a 1934 Czechoslovak

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directed by

Victor Janson Victor Arthur Eduard Janson (; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity. Selected filmography Actor * '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * ''Carm ...

and starring

Lil Dagover Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar ...

Anton Edthofer Anton Franz Edthofer (18 September 1883 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian actor. He married Helene Thimig on December 4, 1948 and they remained married until his death. Partial filmography * '' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''Freier Dienst'' (191 ...

, and

Anton Walbrook Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 18969 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left Germany in 1936 out of concerns f ...

, a German-language version of Czech film ''

A Woman Who Knows What She Wants ''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' () is a 1934 Czech musical comedy film directed by Václav Binovec and starring Markéta Krausová, , and Truda Grosslichtová. It is an adaptation of a 1932 stage musical of the same title, with music by ...

''. 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 Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Barrandov has made several major Hollywood productions, including ''Mission: Impossible (film), ...

in Prague. The musical was adapted again as a 1958 West German film of the same title.

Cast

as Mona Cavallini, Revuestar *

as Erik Mattisson, industrialist * Maria Beling as Karin, his daughter *

as Axel Basse *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into a theatrical family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany, now Chełmża, Poland. His great-grandparents were actors a ...

as Peter Kasten * Hans Junkermann as Dr. Frank Heyberg, lawyer *

Werner Finck Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...

as Kalmann, press secretary *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Lynge, banker *Inge John as Kalman's secretary *

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

as Almers, director *Pepi Glöckner-Kramer as Babette, wardrobe mistress *Franz Scharwenka as President of Paranarena *C. W. Tetting as his Adjutant *

Michael von Newlinsky Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82 Selected filmography * ' ...

as Prim

References

External links

* 1934 musical comedy films Czech musical comedy films Czechoslovak musical comedy films Films directed by Victor Janson Films based on works by Louis Verneuil Films based on operettas Films based on adaptations Czech black-and-white films 1934 multilingual films 1930s Czech films {{Musical-comedy-film-stub