''There Were Two Bachelors'' (German: ''Es waren zwei Junggesellen'') is a 1936 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
Franz Seitz and starring
Manfred Koempel-Pilot,
Adolf Gondrell and
Joe Stöckel.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.413]
Synopsis
A young
doctor
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and his
architect
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friend arrive in a small town to take over the medical practice of his uncle. All the locals stay away at first, but he eventually succeeds in turning the practice into a successful
spa
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. In the process they both find love.
Cast
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Manfred Koempel-Pilot as Dr. Manfred Loberg
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Adolf Gondrell as Karl Mohr, Architekt, sein Freund
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Joe Stöckel as Simon Hummel - Faktotum bei Loberg
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Helma Rückert as Monika, dessen Frau
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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 ...
as Frau Adele von Gronau
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Philipp Veit
Philipp Veit (13 February 179318 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter and one of the main exponents of the Nazarene movement. It is to Veit that the credit of having been the first to revive the nearly forgotten technique of fresc ...
as Neubert, Apotheker
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Käthe Itter as Charlotte - dessen Tochter
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Hilde Schneider
Hilde Schneider (1914–1961) was a German actress. She appeared in the 1939 film ''Shoulder Arms (1939 film), Shoulder Arms''.Richards p.372
Selected filmography
* ''The Schimeck Family (1935 film), The Schimeck Family'' (1935)
* ''Hilde and the ...
as Trude Peters - Frau von Gronaus Nichte
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Otto Fassler as Nikolaus - Chauffeur bei Frau von Gronau
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Harry Hertzsch as Der Bürgermeister
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Philipp Weichand as Hänfling, ein Bürger
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Theodor Autzinger as Huber, Gemeindesekretär
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Wastl Witt as Der Berghofbauer
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Elisabeth Reich as Anna
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1936 films
1936 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Franz Seitz
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
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