Beloved Darling
film directed by Paul Martin
Beloved Darling (German: Geliebter Schatz) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Johannes Riemann, Dorit Kreysler and Sonja Ziemann. It was shot partly at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz. It is based on the play Babusch by Hungarian writer Gábor Vaszary.
Cast
Johannes Riemann as Felix Eilers
Dorit Kreysler as Eva
Sonja Ziemann as Lette Eilers
Ida Wüst as Frau Wittich
Harald Paulsen as Herr Heoger
Hilde Jansen as Frau Heoger
Ernst Waldow as Herr Riemann
Ursula Herking as Frau Reimann
Ewald Wenck as Pedell Kielreiter
Gertrud Wolle as Freulein Tante
O.E. Hasse as Rechtsanwald
Leo Slezak as Generaldirektor
Sigrid Becker as Stubenmädchen
Leo Peukert as Physiklehrer
Maria Litto as Eine Dame, auf der Str, angsprochen
References
Bibliography
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1942. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Edition Axel Menges, 2000.
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