Little Man, What Now? (1933 film)
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Directed by | Fritz Wendhausen |
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Produced by | Robert Neppach |
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Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
Edited by | Herbert Selpin |
Music by | Harald Böhmelt |
Production company | R.N.-Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Little Man, What Now? (German: Kleiner Mann – was nun?) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hermann Thimig, Hertha Thiele and Viktor de Kowa.
It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hans Fallada. The original concept for the film was to take a naturalistic approach, the same way the novel did, with Kurt Weill composing the music. Fallada had already remarked in 1932, after falling out with the producers and script writers, that the film had little to do with his novel, and that the script writers "would take a different approach,"[1] which they did. The Nazi Film Review Office insisted on extensive cuts, including all scenes featuring the Comedian Harmonists.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schiller and Otto Guelstorff. Location shooting took place around Swinemünde.
It was well received by contemporary critics, many of whom considered it the best German film of 1933. A separate American film adaptation of Fallada's novel, Little Man, What Now?, was released in 1934.[2]
Cast[]
- Hermann Thimig as Pinneberg
- Hertha Thiele as Emma 'Lämmchen' Mörchel
- Viktor de Kowa as Heilbutt
- Ida Wüst as Pinnebergs Mutter
- Fritz Kampers as Jachmann
- Paul Henckels as Lehmann
- Theo Lingen as Der Verkäufer
- Jakob Tiedtke as Kleinholz
- Hugo Flink as Jaenicke
- as Frau Kleinholz
- Blandine Ebinger as Kleinholz' Tochter
- as Lauterbach
- as Schulz
- Carl Auen as Kriminalbeamter
- as Kriminalbeamter
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves (scenes deleted)
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Sadoul, Georges (1972). Morris, Peter (ed.). Dictionary of Films. Translated by Morris, Peter. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02152-5.
External links[]
- 1933 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German drama films
- 1933 drama films
- Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen
- Films based on German novels
- Films with screenplays by Fritz Wendhausen
- German black-and-white films
- Tobis Film films
- 1930s German film stubs