Bachelor's Paradise (1939 film)

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Bachelor's Paradise

Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Johannes Boldt (novel) Karl Peter Gillmann Günter Neumann
Produced by	Heinz Rühmann
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Josef Sieber Hans Brausewetter Trude Marlen
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	1 August 1939 (1939-08-01)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Bachelors' Paradise (German: Paradies der Junggesellen) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Josef Sieber, and Hans Brausewetter.^[1] It was based on a novel by Johannes Boldt. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. The film featured the popular song "Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern".

Synopsis

After getting his second divorce, Hugo Bartels and his two ex-military comrades agree a pact to form a "paradise for bachelors" club in which all are pledged never to get married again. However, when Hugo meets and falls in love with an attractive woman, he faces a quandary. He is eventually able to marry her after introducing his friends to his two ex-wives and making sure they fall in love as well.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Hugo Bartels, Standesbeamter
Josef Sieber as Caesar Spreckelsen, Apotheker
Hans Brausewetter as Dr. Balduin Hannemann, Studienrat
Trude Marlen as Frau Platen, Hausbesitzerin
Hilde Schneider as Hermine, Hugos zweite geschiedene Frau
Gerda Maria Terno as Eva, Hugos erste geschiedene Frau
Lotte Rausch as Frau Wagenlenker, Hugos Vermieterin
Maly Delschaft as Amalie Bernau
Armin Schweizer as Emil Bernau, Mieter in Frau Platens Haus
Albert Florath as Landgerichtsdirektor
Paul Bildt as Stadtrat Krüger
Werner Schott as Kapitän
Irene Andor as Wirtschafterin der Apotheke
Charly Berger as Beisitzender Richter
Otto Braml as Wilhelm, Möbelpacker
Gerhard Dammann as Wirt
Jac Diehl [de] as Gast im Pavillon
Aribert Grimmer [de] as August, Möbelpacker
Knut Hartwig [de] as Hugo's defense lawyer
Clemens Hasse as Ein Matrose
Carl Iban [de] as 3. Möbelpacker
Antonie Jaeckel as Mieterin
Melitta Klefer as Frau beim Kameradschaftstreffen
Erwin Laurenz as Normann, der junge Ehemann
Lucia Lumera as Frau Liesegang
Hellmuth Passarge [de] as Gast beim Kameradschaftstreffen
Wera Schultz as Anna, Mädchen bei Frau Platen
Rudolf Schündler as Lawyer
Albert Venohr [de] as Portier
Egon Vogel as Gast beim Kameradschaftstreffen
Eduard Wenck as Auktionator
Willy Witte [de] as Trauzeuge

References

^ Etlin, p. 164.

Bibliography

Etlin, Richard A. (2002). Art, Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-22087-1.
Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

Bachelor's Paradise at IMDb

Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann

Bachelor's Paradise (1939)
Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939)
Quax the Crash Pilot (1941)
I Entrust My Wife to You (1943)
I'll Carry You in My Arms (1943)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943)
The Lost Face (1948)
Five Suspects (1950)
Taxi-Kitty (1950)
The Rabanser Case (1950)
Fanfares of Love (1951)
Queen of the Night (1951)
Weekend in Paradise (1952)
Klettermaxe (1952)
Music by Night (1953)
Heartbroken on the Moselle (1953)
Hocuspocus (1953)
The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1954)
The Flying Classroom (1954)
Fireworks (1954)
Three Men in the Snow (1955)
I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)
My Husband's Getting Married Today (1956)
Confessions of Felix Krull (1957)
Salzburg Stories (1957)
The Spessart Inn (1958)
Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959)
The Beautiful Adventure (1959)
The Haunted Castle (1960)
Stage Fright (1960)
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961)
Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962)
Gripsholm Castle (1963)
Love Has to Be Learned (1963)
The House in Karp Lane (1965)
Praetorius (1965)
Liselotte of the Palatinate (1966)
Rheinsberg (1967)
The Captain (1971)

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