''Men at a Dangerous Age'' () is a 1954 West German

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Carl-Heinz Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttershei ...

and starring

Hans Söhnker Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in West Berlin, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Tsarevich'' ...

Liselotte Pulver Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. She was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is known for her hearty and joyf ...

and

Annie Rosar Annie Rosar (17 May 1888 – 5 August 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the c ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.306 It was shot at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construc ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Mathias Matthies Mathias Matthies (August 7, 1911 – September 30, 2004) was a German art director. He designed the sets for around a hundred films and television programmes. He often collaborated with his wife Ellen Schmidt, including on some Edgar Wallace ada ...

and Ellen Schmidt.

Cast

as Franz Volker *

as Anna, sein Mündel *

as Mau (Fräulein Mauritius) *

Wilfried Seyferth Wilfried Seyferth (21 April 1908 – 9 October 1954) was a German actor, perhaps best known for ''Decision Before Dawn''. He was married four times, to four actresses, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Tatjana Iwanow, Irene Naef and Lu Säuberlich. He died ...

as Adam Kassner (Dichter) *

Ilse Bally Ilse is a Germanic feminine given name. It is technically a German diminutive of Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa and all of the Scandinavia ...

as Lil Dewohl (Turnierreiterin) *

Günther Jerschke Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Pour le Mérite (film), Pour le Mérite'' (1938) - Adjutant des Kommandeurs der Flieger * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (1951) - Inspi ...

as Butz (Butzinzky, Sekretär)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Carl-Heinz Schroth German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub