If We All Were Angels (1936 film)

For the later film, see If We All Were Angels (1956 film).

If We All Were Angels
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Heinrich Spoerl (novel and screenplay)
Produced by	Friedrich Pflughaupt Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Leny Marenbach Lotte Rausch
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich-Film
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	9 October 1936 (1936-10-09)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

If We All Were Angels (German: Wenn wir alle Engel wären) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Lotte Rausch. The overall plot was similar to that of The Virtuous Sinner (1931) which Rühmann had also appeared in. It was made at the former National Studios in Berlin while location filming took place around Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It was re-released in 1950 by Herzog Film.

Synopsis

A respectable member of provincial German society nearly becomes involved in a scandal following a series of misunderstandings.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Christian Kempenich
• Leny Marenbach as Hedwig - seine Frau
• Elsa Dalands as Selma Kempenich - die Tante
• Lotte Rausch as Maria, the maid
• Harald Paulsen as Enrico Falotti - Gesangslehrer
• Hanns August Herten as Bügermeister
• Charlotte Krause-Walter as Else
• Carl de Vogt as Hotel Porter 'Waldfrieden'
• Will Dohm as Police Inspector
• Paul Mederow as District Judge
• Ernst Waldow as Prosecution lawyer
• Hugo Froelich as Justizrat Genius - Defence lawyer
• Luise Morland as Frau Oberpostdirektor

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

• If We All Were Angels at IMDb