''Next, Please!'' () is a 1930 German

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directed by

Erich Schönfelder Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch. Selected filmography Writer * ''Shoe ...

and starring

Charles Puffy Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstein; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstein appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appeari ...

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...

, and

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The White Roses of Ravensberg (1919 film), The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919 ...

and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German 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, th ...

. It was released by the German branch of

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Cast

as Ludwig König *

as Tante Auguste *

as Knorr von Bremshaus *

Lien Deyers Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany. Early life Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of N ...

as Minchen Bangigkeit *

Rolf von Goth Rolf von Goth (5 November 1906 – 9 November 1981) was a film actor from Windhoek in German Southwest Africa who settled and worked in Germany. After appearing in minor roles in several silent films such as ''Metropolis'' (1927) von Goth emerged ...

as Hans *

Siegfried Berisch Siegfried Berisch (January 15, 1877 – October 4, 1933) was a German-Jewish actor active in the early 20th century. He was born in Boskovice, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. Berisch was recognized for his work in theater and film, p ...

as Mäxchen *

Lotte Stein Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of Jewish descent, she fled to the United States via Czechoslovakia and Portugal, and arrived at the Port of New York on board the SS ''Mouzinho'' in June 1941. Selected fi ...

as Hulda Murmel

References

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* 1930 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Erich Schönfelder German black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Silent German comedy films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub