''Maxie'' is a 1954 Austrian
comedy drama film
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. directed by
Eduard von Borsody
Eduard von Borsody (; 13 June 1898 – 1 January 1970) was an Austrian cameraman, film editor, film director, and screenplay writer.
Biography
His film career began as a cameraman. Among his first jobs were three films on which Mihály Kertész ...
, and starring
Willy Fritsch,
Cornell Borchers, and
Fita Benkhoff.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 134] 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 ...
Julius von Borsody.
Cast
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Willy Fritsch as Direktor Walter Rhomberg
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Cornell Borchers as Nora, seine Frau
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Fita Benkhoff as Irene, beider Freundin
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Paul Henckels
Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s.
He was well known for his eccen ...
as Schuster Timm
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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 Felix, Diener
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Sabine Eggerth as Maxi
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Viktor Braun
* Anita Coletta
* Peter Feldt as Anton
* Wolfgang Hebenstreit
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Melanie Horeschowsky as Frau Timm
* Karl Hruschka
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Michael Janisch
* Editha Jarno
* Josef Krastel
* Heli Lichten
* Karl Skraup as Herr Lorenz
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Loni von Friedl
* Olga von Togni
* Herbert Winopal
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1954 films
Austrian comedy-drama films
1954 comedy-drama films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Eduard von Borsody
Austrian black-and-white films
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