''Another World'' () is a 1937 French-German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Marc Allégret Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...

and

Alfred Stöger Alfred Stöger (21 July 1900 – 12 January 1962) was an Austrian film director and film producer, producer.Goble p.481 Selected filmography Producer * ''Knall and Fall as Imposters'' (1952) * ''On the Green Meadow'' (1953) * ''Sarajevo (1955 fi ...

and starring Käthe Gold,

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) ...

and

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, West Germany. Selected filmograph ...

. Shot at the

Epinay Studios The Epinay Studios are film production studios located in Epinay in northern Paris. It was a complex with two distinct and separate structures. The earliest was built in 1902 by Eclair Film. A second studio was controlled by the French subsidiar ...

Tobis Film Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent film, silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound s ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, the film is the German-language version of ''

Woman of Malacca A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ...

''.Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p. 118 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Jacques Krauss Jacques Krauss (21 October 1900 – 8 June 1957) was a French art director. He had a notable influence on the visual look of French poetic realist films before the Second World War, due to his work with Julien Duvivier.Andrew p.186 He was born i ...

and

Alexandre Trauner Alexandre Trauner (born Sándor Trau; 3 August 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 5 December 1993 in Omonville-la-Petite, France) was a Hungarian film production designer. After studying painting at Hungarian Royal Drawing School, he left the c ...

Synopsis

To escape her dreary life as a teacher, a young woman marries a British medical officer, who takes her to Malacca. The couple's disagreement increases and the young woman falls in love with a Malay prince.

Cast

* Käthe Gold as Audrey *

as Prinz Selim *

as Dr. Herbert Carter *

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 ...

as Lord Brandmore *

Leopoldine Konstantin Leopoldine Konstantin (born Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti; 12 March 1886 – 14 December 1965) was an Austrian actress. She played in Frank Wedekind's ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1907), ''A Winter's Tal ...

as Lady Brandmore *

Annemarie Steinsieck Annemarie Steinsieck (21 September 1889 – 29 August 1977) was a German actress. She was married to actor Hugo Werner-Kahle. Selected filmography * '' The Duke of Reichstadt'' (1920) * '' Modern Vices'' (1924) * '' Dear Homeland'' (1929) * '' A ...

as Lady Lyndstone *

Karl Günther Karl Günther (25 November 1885 – 27 June 1951) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Masked Ones'' (1920) * '' The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1922) * ...

Alexander Engel Alexander Engel, birth name: Kurt Engel (4 June 1902 – 25 July 1968) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1968. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He chose the stag ...

as Dr. Jerrys, Arzt * Karl Meixner as Li, Carters Diener * Herbert Spalke as Sirdar, Adjutant Selims *

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 Mme. Turpin *

Maria Krahn Maria Krahn (1896–1977) was a German actress. Selected filmography * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) * '' Pappi'' (1934) * ''A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934) * '' Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' (1935) * '' The Private Life of Louis ...

as Mme. Tramon *

Melanie Horeschowsky Melanie Horeschowsky (1901–1983) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress.Giesen p.228 Selected filmography * ''The Prodigal Son'' (1934) * '' Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * '' Another World'' (1937) * '' Clarissa'' (1941) * '' ...

as Mme. Tremons Schwester *

Andrews Engelmann Andrews Engelmann (23 March 1901 – 25 February 1992) was a Russian-born German actor. He worked primarily in Germany, where he specialised in playing Russian roles, but also appeared in a number of British films during his career. He was born as ...

as Ein Fremder *

F.W. Schröder-Schrom FW may stand for: Arts and entertainment *Fates Warning, an American progressive metal band *Frei.Wild, a German-language rock band from Brixen, Italy * ''Fair Warning'' (Van Halen album), an album by hard rock band, Van Halen *''Fairy Wars'', t ...

as 1. Journalist *

Kurt Meisel Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born a ...

as 2. Journalist * Jim Simmons as Kapitän Gerald Smith *

Ilka Thimm Ilka is a feminine given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Ilka Agricola (born 1973), German mathematician *Ilka Bessin (born 1971), German comedian and actress *Ilka Chase (1905–1978), American actress and novelist *Ilka Gedő ...

as Journalistin *

Richard Ludwig Richard Ludwig (22 May 1877 – 10 August 1946) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German rugby union team, which won the silver medal. Germany was represented at the tournament b ...

as Kapitän *

Erwin van Roy Erwin may refer to: People Given name * Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist * Erwin Chemerinsky (born 1953), American legal scholar * Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2 * Erwin Hauer (1926 ...

as Bordkommissar

References

Bibliography

* *

External links

* 1937 films French drama films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1937 drama films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Francis de Croisset Films directed by Marc Allégret Films directed by Alfred Stöger Films based on French novels Films set in England Films set in Malaysia German multilingual films Films shot at Epinay Studios Tobis Film films French black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1937 multilingual films 1930s German films 1930s French films German-language French films Films scored by Louis Beydts {{1930s-Germany-film-stub