''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (German: ''Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte'') is a 1958

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directed by and starring

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and

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 242. It represented an early co-production between the Danish company

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and the German distributor

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was shot at studios in

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and at the

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Cast

as Thomas Träumer *

as Eva Träumer *

as Alfons Ulrich * Ursula Heyer as Bettina *

Renate Ewert Renate Ewert (9 November 1933 in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany - now Kaliningrad, Russia – 4 December 1966, Munich, West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its format ...

as Marilzn *

Helga Münster Helga (derived from Old Norse ''heilagr'' - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries (''Hege'', ''Helle'', ''Helge'', ''Helga'', ''Helka'' or ''Oili''). The name was in use i ...

as Hilde *

Franz-Otto Krüger Franz-Otto Krüger (1 April 1917 – 17 March 1988) was a German film and television actor. Krüger already started his acting at Berlin theatres in 1934, but his career was interrupted by his service in the Second World War. He appeared in over ...

as Kommisar Kümmelmann *

Wolfgang Kieling Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. Biography In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Torn Curtain'' (1966), where he playe ...

as Untersuchungsrichter *

Willi Rose Wilhelm Bernhard Max Rose (4 February 1902 – 16 June 1978) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1936 to 1978. Selected filmography References External links

* 1902 births 1978 deaths Male actors f ...

as Polizei-Wachtmeister *

Erwin Linder Erwin Linder (1903–1968) was a German stage, film and television actor.Meyer p.76 Selected filmography * '' Only One Night'' (1950) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1952) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1953) * '' Wedding in Transit'' (1953) * '' Don't Forget Love'' ...

as Polizei-Reviervorsteher *

Carl Voscherau Carl Voscherau (1900–1963) was a German film actor.Shandley p.212 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. His son Henning Voscherau was Mayor of Hamburg. Selected filmography * '' Film Without a Title ...

as Gefängniswachtmeister *

Clemens Hasse Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser. Biography Hasse was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in Berlin. Be ...

as Angestellter beim Hundezwinger * Inge Stolten as Fürsorgerin

References

Bibliography

*Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Man Who Couldnt Say No, The 1958 comedy films 1950s German films 1950s German-language films Constantin Film films Danish comedy films Films directed by Kurt Früh Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Copenhagen German comedy films Swiss comedy films West German films