No Money Needed

No Money Needed
No Money Needed
German	Man braucht kein Geld
Directed by	Carl Boese
Written by	Ferdinand Alternkirch (play); Károly Nóti; Hans Wilhelm;
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger
Starring	Hedy Lamarr; Heinz Rühmann; Hans Moser; Ida Wüst;
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger; Karl Sander;
Edited by	Geza Pollatschik
Music by	Artur Guttmann
Production; company	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	5 February 1932;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

No Money Needed (German: Man braucht kein Geld) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hedy Lamarr, Heinz Rühmann, and Hans Moser. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. It premiered on 5 February 1932.^[1] It was based on a play by Ferdinand Alternkirch and was shot during November 1931.^[2] A French remake (Pas besoin d'argent) and an Italian remake (Non c'è bisogno di denaro) were made in 1933. Boese himself remade the story in 1953 under the title The Uncle from America.

Synopsis

A virtually bankrupt businessman in a small town manages to convince people that his newly arrived cousin, who is equally impoverished, is a millionaire.

Cast

Hedy Lamarr as Käthe Brandt
Heinz Rühmann as Heinz Schmidt
Hans Moser as Thomas Theodor Hoffmann
Ida Wüst as Frau Brandt
Hans Junkermann as Herrmann Brandt
Kurt Gerron as Bank President Binder
Paul Henckels as The Mayor
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Hotelier
Albert Florath as head of savings banks
Fritz Odemar as Schröder
Gerhard Dammann as husband
Hugo Fischer-Köppe
Ludwig Stössel
Siegfried Berisch
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Heinrich Schroth
Karl Hannemann
Leopold von Ledebur

References

^ Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 381. ISBN 081085967X. LCCN 2008008116.
^ Barton, Ruth (2010). Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. Screen Classics. University Press of Kentucky. p. 25. ASIN B0078XFQ6U. ISBN 0813136547. JSTOR j.ctt2jcvm4. LCCN 2010013914.

External links

No Money Needed at IMDb

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[1] Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 381. ISBN 081085967X. LCCN 2008008116.

[2] Barton, Ruth (2010). Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. Screen Classics. University Press of Kentucky. p. 25. ASIN B0078XFQ6U. ISBN 0813136547. JSTOR j.ctt2jcvm4. LCCN 2010013914.

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