''Trouble Backstairs'' () is a 1949 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

Erich Kobler Erich Kobler was a German film editor and film director, director. Kobler directed the 1949 comedy ''Trouble Backstairs (1949 film), Trouble Backstairs'', He also directed ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwa ...

and starring Paul Dahlke,

Fita Benkhoff Fita Benkhoff (1 November 1901 – 26 October 1967) was a German actress. Life Benkhoff was born in 1901. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1967. When the actress Louise Dumont separated from her husband in the 1920s, Be ...

and

Ursula Herking Ursula Herking (28 January 1912 – 17 November 1974) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1933 and 1972. She was born in Dessau, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' Susanne ...

. It was based on a play of the same title by Maximilian Böttcher, which had previously been turned into the 1935 film '' Trouble Backstairs''.Goble p. 48

Cast

* Paul Dahlke as August Krüger *

as Irma Schulze *

as Malchen Krüger *

Bruni Löbel Bruni Löbel (born Brunhilde Melitta Löbel; 20 December 1920 – 27 September 2006) was a German stage, film and television actress.Palmer p.10 She was married to the composer Gerhard Bronner and the actor Holger Hagen. Löbel appeared in a numbe ...

as Edeltraud Panse * Traute Rose as Frau Bock * Gisela von Jagen as Ilse Bock, ihre Tochter *

Carl Kuhlmann Carl Kuhlmann (25 April 1899 – 18 July 1962) was a German stage and film actor. He played the role of Nathan Mayer Rothschild in the antisemitic historical film '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) which was made as an anti-Jewish, anti-British propagand ...

as Oberpostschaffner Hermann Schulze * Ilse Melcher as Paula, seine Tochter *

Bum Krüger Bum Krüger (born ''Willy Krüger''; 13 March 1906 - 15 March 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1969. Filmography References External links * 1906 births 1971 deaths German male film ...

as Gustav Kluge, Bäckermeister *

Ernst von Klipstein Ernst von Klipstein (3 February 1908 – 22 November 1993) was a German film and television actor. von Klipstein became a prominent actor during the Nazi era, appearing in a large number of action films. Partial filmography * ''Uproar in Damascu ...

as Assessor Dr. Erich Horn *

Friedrich Domin Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 – 18 December 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1939 and 1961. He was born in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland) and died in Munich, West Germany. In 1922, he graduated ...

as Justizrat Dr. Horn, sein Vater *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, West Germany. Selected filmograph ...

as Prosecutor *

Walter Janssen Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' ( ...

as Amtsgerichtsrat Meier * Hilli Wildenhain as Frau Puschke

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan 1999.

External links

* 1949 films West German films German comedy films German black-and-white films 1949 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Erich Kobler German films based on plays Remakes of German films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub