The English Marriage

The English Marriage (German: Die Englische Heirat) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Anton Walbrook and Adele Sandrock. It was based on a novel of the same title by Ludwig von Wohl who also wrote the screenplay. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. Location shooting took place at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport and on Heligoland. It was made by Cine-Allianz and a number of those involved including its director, producers, screenwriter and star Anton Walbrook soon left Nazi Germany due to their Jewish backgrounds.

The English Marriage
Directed byReinhold Schünzel
Written byLudwig von Wohl
Based onThe English Marriage by Ludwig von Wohl
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited byRudolf Schaad
Music byFranz Doelle
Production
company
Release date
  • 31 October 1934 (1934-10-31)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

A young German woman is engaged to marry a British aristocrat but has to win over his hostile family.[1]

Cast

References

  1. Strobl p. 128

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine. Popular cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
  • Strobl, Gerwin. The Germanic Isle: Nazi Perceptions of Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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