''Wedding in Barenhof'' () is a 1942 German
historical
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comedy film
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directed by
Carl Froelich
Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin.
Biography
Apparatus builder and cameraman
From 1903 Froelich was a colleague of Oskar Messter, one of ...
and starring
Heinrich George
Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor.
Early life
George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in t ...
,
Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Acting career
At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...
and
Ilse Werner
Ilse Werner (; born Ilse Charlotte Still, 11 July 1921 – 8 August 2005) was a Dutch-German actress, singer, and musical whistler.
Life
She was born in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to a Dutch father, merchant and plantation owne ...
.
The film's
art direction
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was by
Walter Haag
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Selected filmography
* '' The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...
. It was shot at the
Babelsberg Studios
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in
Berlin
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.
Cast
References
External links
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Films of Nazi Germany
Films based on works by Hermann Sudermann
Films directed by Carl Froelich
Films set in the 1890s
Films set in Prussia
German horse racing films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
German historical comedy films
1940s historical comedy films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
1942 comedy films
1940s German films
Films scored by Theo Mackeben
Franco-Prussian War films
1940s German-language films
German-language historical comedy films
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