''What Men Know'' (German: ''Was wissen denn Männer'') is a 1933 German

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directed by

Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht (6 October 1897 – 4 May 1974) was a German film director, screenwriter and film historian. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958. Life and career Lamprecht was fasci ...

and starring

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ...

Erwin Kalser Erwin Kalser (22 February 1883 – 26 March 1958) was a German-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage and film actor, best remembered ...

and

Toni van Eyck Toni van Eyck (; 1910–1988) was a German stage and film actress.Taylor p.148 Selected filmography * '' Spring Awakening'' (1929) * ''Revolt in the Reformatory'' (1929) * '' Painted Youth'' (1929) * ''A Woman Branded'' (1931) * ''Spoiling the G ...

.Kreimeier p.218 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was remade as the Swedish film ''

What Do Men Know? ''What Do Men Know?'' (Swedish: ''Vad veta väl männen'') is a 1933 Swedish drama film directed by Edvin Adolphson and starring Anders de Wahl, Birgit Tengroth and Håkan Westergren.Qvist & Von Bagh p.57 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in ...

'' the same year.

Synopsis

A young woman from the country has a relationship with a travelling salesman who then abandons her. When she falls pregnant from the affair it causes a local scandal.

Cast

as Karl Christians *

as Herr Barthel *

as Hertha Barthel *

Ruth Hellberg Ruth Hellberg (2 November 1906 – 26 April 2001) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 25 films between 1933 and 1991. Selected filmography * ''What Men Know'' (1933) * ''Yvette'' (1938) * ''Heimat'' (1938) * '' Drei Unteroffizie ...

as Gertrud Kroschelt *

Ilse Korseck Ilse Korseck (1911–1933) was a German stage and film actress.Young p.89 After working initially in theatre she began to appear in films from 1930 onwards during the early sound era. In 1933 she died suddenly at the age of twenty one. Selected f ...

as Margot *

Eduard Rothauser Eduard Rothauser (1876–1956) was a Hungarian-born German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * '' The Princess of Urbino'' (1919) * '' Nobody Knows'' (1920) * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''The Mahara ...

as Invalide Schultheiss *

Elsa Wagner Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Life and career Born as Elisabe ...

as Mutter Kroschelt *

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar ...

as Oberpostsekretär Haber *

Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß and Peter-Timm Schaufuß. Selected filmography References ...

as Vater Kroschelt *

Hedy Krilla Hedy () is a German given name, sometimes a diminutive form of Hedwig. Notable people with the name include: * Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer * Hedy Burress (born c. 1973), American actress * Hedy d'Ancona (bor ...

as Fräulein Berghuhn

Release

Leo Brecher attempted to release the film in the United States under the title ''Hertha's Awakening'' ''(Herthas Erwachen)'', but it was banned in New York.

References

Works cited

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios UFA GmbH films Films scored by Eduard Künneke 1930s German films German-language drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub