When the Cock Crows
1936 film
- 23 March 1936 (1936-03-23)
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When the Cock Crows (German: Wenn der Hahn kräht) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinrich George, Hans Brausewetter and Marianne Hoppe.[1] It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag and Franz Schroedter. It is based on a folk play of the same title by August Hinrichs.
Synopsis
In a rural village in Northern Germany Lena the daughter of the grouchy mayor is in love with Peter a young veterinarian. However her parents are against the match as she has already been promised to another man who is due to inherit a farm. He is in turn courted by Marie, a woman who has recently arrived in the area.
Cast
- Heinrich George as Jan Kreyenborg, Gemeindevorsteher
- Hans Brausewetter as Peter Renken, Tierarzt
- Marianne Hoppe as Marie
- Claire Reigbert as Gesine Kreyenborg
- Hildegard Barko as Lena Kreyenborg
- Carsta Löck as Stine
- Fritz Hoopts as Willem Tameling, Knecht
- Wilhelm P. Krüger as Jochen Witt, Schneider
- Karl John as Piepers Gustav
- Ernst Waldow as Kröger, Amtshauptmann
- Hugo Froelich as Stindt, Wachtmeister
- Paul Luka as Peter Witt, Viehhändler
- Paul Rehkopf as Dorfarzt
- Maria Seidler as Frau des Dorfarztes
- Eugenie Dengler as Mädchen an der Kirmesbude
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- When the Cock Crows at IMDb
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Films directed by Carl Froelich
- Werner Krafft (1916)
- Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
- The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
- The Loves of Käthe Keller (1919)
- The Dancer (1919)
- In Thrall to the Claw (1921)
- Wandering Souls (1921)
- The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
- Island of the Dead (1921)
- The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
- Good-for-Nothing (1922)
- Luise Millerin (1922)
- Hallig Hooge (1923)
- The Weather Station (1923)
- Mother and Child (1924)
- The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
- Chamber Music (1925)
- Tragedy (1925)
- The Flames Lie (1926)
- Roses from the South (1926)
- When She Starts, Look Out (1926)
- The Long Intermission (1927)
- My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927)
- Love in the Cowshed (1928)
- Lotte (1928)
- Love and Thieves (1928)
- Escape (1928)
- Violantha (1928)
- The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
- German Wine (1929)
- The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
- Hans in Every Street (1930)
- Fire in the Opera House (1930)
- The Night Is Ours (1930)
- Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
- Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
- This One or None (1932)
- Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)
- Love at First Sight (1932)
- The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
- Ripening Youth (1933)
- Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
- Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
- I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
- The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
- The Dreamer (1936)
- When the Cock Crows (1936)
- If We All Were Angels (1936)
- Such Great Foolishness (1937)
- Heimat (1938)
- The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
- The Four Companions (1938)
- The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
- The Gasman (1941)
- Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
- The Buchholz Family (1944)
- Marriage of Affection (1944)
- Three Girls Spinning (1950)
- Stips (1951)
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