''Hello Janine!'' (german: Hallo Janine!) is a 1939

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musical film directed by

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia'' (1918) * ''T ...

and starring

Marika Rökk Marika Rökk (; born Marie Karoline Rökk, 3 November 1913 – 16 May 2004) was a German-Austrian dancer, singer and actress of Hungarian descent who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. She resumed her career in 1947 and was one of ...

Johannes Heesters Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stag ...

and

Rudi Godden Rudi Godden (18 April 1907 – 4 January 1941) was a German singer and film actor, notable for his role in Nazi-era musical films such as '' Hello Janine!'' and '' Robert and Bertram''. ''Das Gewehr Űber'' ('' Shoulder Arms'') was a 1939 pro ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Ernst H. Albrecht Ernst H. Albrecht (1906–1982) was a German art director. He worked on the sets of over eighty films during his career. He was employed mainly in Germany, but also worked on the Austrian film ''The Blue Star of the South'' in 1951.Fritsche p.241 ...

and

Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his se ...

. Along with ''

Der Bettelstudent ''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sardo ...

'' (1936) and ''

Gasparone ''Gasparone'' is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The libretto was later revised by and . An amusing feature of the work is that the title character never appears and acts as ...

'' (1937) it helped establish Rökk as a major star, an effective replacement for

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.Fox p. 122 After the

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it was rereleased by

Gloria Film Gloria Film was a West German film production and distribution company. It was established in 1949 by Ilse Kubaschewski. An earlier, unconnected company of the same name had existed during the silent era in Germany, and had been absorbed into U ...

Cast

as Janine *

as Count Rene *

as Pierre Tarin *

Mady Rahl Mady Rahl (3 January 1915 – 29 August 2009) was a German stage and film actress. Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, now part of Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 she made her stage debut in Leipzig under the dir ...

as Bibi *

Else Elster Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Victoria and ...

as Yvette *

Erich Ponto Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium ...

as Monsieur Pamion *

Kate Kühl Kate Kühl (born Elfriede Katharina Nehrhaupt: 16 December 1899 – 29 January 1970) was a German cabaret performer, chanteuse and film actor. After 1933 her brand of political cabaret was no longer permitted and she found herself subject of a '' ...

as Madame Pamion *

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 Jean *

Ernst Dumcke Ernst Dumcke (13 November 1887 – 21 June 1940) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Panik in Chicago'' (1931) * '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * ''My Friend the Millionaire'' (1932) * '' Grandstan ...

as The Director *

Edith Meinhard Edith Meinhard was a German actress who appeared in more than fifty films during her career including the 1929 film ''Diary of a Lost Girl''. Life and Work Little is known about Edith Meinhard, although in the 1930s she was one of the busiest ac ...

as Charlotte *

Marjan Lex Marjan may refer to: Places * Marjan, Croatia, Croatia, a hill on the peninsula of the city of Split * Marjan, Albania, a village in the Gorë municipality, Korçë District, Albania * Marjan, Alborz, a village in Iran * Marjan, Fars, a village i ...

as Bourboule *

Marlise Ludwig Marlise is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Marlise Keith (born 1972), South African artist * Marlise Simons, Dutch-born American journalist * Marlise Wendels (1923–2012), German operatic soprano {{given name Feminine gi ...

as The Hostess

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* 1939 films 1939 musical comedy films German musical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Boese Films with screenplays by Karl Georg Külb Films set in Paris German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub