Holiday From Myself (German: Ferien vom Ich) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Hermann Speelmans, Carola Höhn, and Georg H. Schnell.[1]
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.jpg) Speelmans as the American businessman (centre) enjoying his escape from a hectic life. | |
| German | Ferien vom Ich |
| Directed by | Hans Deppe |
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| Cinematography | Hugo von Kaweczynski |
| Edited by | Paul May |
| Music by | Marc Roland |
Production company | Olf Fjord-Film |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Hans Kuhnert. It was partly shot on location in Lower Saxony. Deppe himself directed a remake of the film in 1952.
Plot edit
A stressed American millionaire is advised by his Doctor to take a rest cure in the German countryside. The tycoon is so impressed that he buys an estate and turns it into a resort where other businessmen can take holidays from their normal lives. In the process he falls in love with the estate's former owner.
Cast edit
- Hermann Speelmans as Georges B. Steffenson, American large-scale industrialist
- Carola Höhn as Eva von Dornberg
- Georg H. Schnell as Dr. Hartung, doctor
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as John Stone, Secretary General of Steffenson
- Ewald Wenck as Lehmann, Factotum of the guest house
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Barthel, Gutsinspektor
- Gina Falckenberg as Doris, John Stone's sister
- Walter Steinbeck as Eberhardt Kreutzer, director
- Fritz Genschow as Erich Bürger, clerk
- Cilly Feindt as Elisabeth Schuhmacher
- Paul Henckels as Hein Stumpe, justice
- Werner Finck as Ottokar Geldern
- Eduard Wesener as Robert Braun
- Ernst Behmer as August Stempel, chancellery secretary
- Else Reval as Klärchen - Stempel's wife
- Vilma Bekendorf
- Hermann Braun
- Richard Handwerk
- Resi Langer
- Karin Luesebrink
- Marianne Mewes
- Carl Walther Meyer
- Gerti Ober
- Friedrich Franz Stampe
- Hans Stiebner
References edit
- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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