Men Are That Way (German: Männer müssen so sein) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker and Hans Olden.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as Arena of Fear (1959).

Men Are That Way
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GermanMänner müssen so sein
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Written byHans Joachim Beyer
Peter Kirsten
Based onMen Are That Way
by Heinrich Seiler[1]
Produced byWalter Tost
StarringHertha Feiler
Hans Söhnker
Hans Olden
CinematographyEwald Daub
Edited byHelmuth Schönnenbeck
Music byMichael Jary
Production
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Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 16 March 1939 (1939-03-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Plot

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An attractive female dance student becomes involved in the circus world, falls in love and takes it up professionally.

Cast

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... and in alphabetical order:

  • Lída Baarová
  • James Bachert as Negerjunge
  • Günther Ballier as detective commissioner
  • Walter Bechmann as Ein Freund Karl Rasmussens
  • Kurt Bierbaum as Zirkusangestellter
  • Fritz Böttger as Pinelli
  • Elma Czell as Daisy, Trapezartistin
  • Charlott Daudert as Frieda
  • Jac Diehl as Zirkusangestellter
  • Mia Elmenhorst as Program seller
  • Max Harry Ernst as Circus employee
  • Arthur Fritz Eugens as Willi - Dody's son
  • Han Fongkeng as Tierwärter Shing
  • Karl Harbacher as Humphrey
  • Mohamed Husen as Ein Gast im Lokal
  • Hilla Höfer as Ursula
  • Victor Janson as Gerlach, Zirkus-Regisseur
  • Käthe Jöken-König as Elsie Meyer, Friedas Zimmervermieterin
  • Alfred Karen as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
  • Josef Keim as Kren, Zirkusdirektor
  • Maria Loja as Kantinenwirtin
  • Paul Luka as Raubtierwärter
  • Günther Lüders as Franz
  • Die Metropol Vocalisten as Singers
  • Karl-Heinz Peters as Dr. Kramer, Zirkusarzt
  • Ilse Petri as Direktions-Sekretärin
  • Klaus Pohl as Karusselbesitzer
  • Gustav Püttjer as Plakatverteiler
  • Ferdinand Robert as Logengast
  • Ernst G. Schiffner as Rolf Hinz
  • Margarete Schön as Frau Petersen
  • Hans Stiebner as Der spanische Zirkusartist mit der Clownnummer
  • Egon Stief as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
  • Theo Stolzenberg as Direktor der Friedrichshallen
  • Georg Tressler as student
  • Albert Venohr as Kriminalkommissar
  • Edith von Donat as ballerina
  • Christine von Trümbach
  • Fredy Walden as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt
  • Hansi Wendler as ballerina
  • Max Wilmsen as Wirt
  • Eugen Wolff as Band Leader
  • Erich Ziegel as Rasmussen, Beatrice's father

References

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  1. ^ Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786438617. [page needed]
  2. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 216. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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