Mistress Moon
1941 film by Theo Lingen
Mistress Moon (German: Frau Luna) is a 1941 German musical comedy film directed by Theo Lingen and starring Lizzi Waldmüller, Fita Benkhoff and Irene von Meyendorff. An operetta film, it is based on the stage work Frau Luna composed by Paul Lincke. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.
Cast
Lizzi Waldmüller as Operettensängerin Vera Waldner
Fita Benkhoff as Frau Elisabeth Gerlack
Irene von Meyendorff as Gerda
Theo Lingen as Lepke
Paul Kemp as Max
Georg Alexander as Präsident Felix Lüdecke
Paul Henckels as Geheimrat Schmidt
Will Dohm as Direktor Knoppe
Karl Schönböck as Paul Rüdinger
Hubert von Meyerinck as Rat Haschke
Paul Westermeier as Mechaniker Scholte
Kurt Seifert as Paul Lindemann
Jakob Tiedtke as Schlüssler
Else von Möllendorff as Traute
Ursula Herking as Cäcilie
Günther Lüders as Friese
Leo Peukert as Gastwirt
Karl Platen as Regisseur am Apollo-Theater
Klaus Pohl as Mann im Apollo-Theater
Fred Goebel as Polizeibeamter
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Polizeirat aus Cottbus
Angelo Ferrari as Polizeirat aus Cottbus
Gerhard Dammann as Kutscher
Olga Engl as schwerhörige Kundin
Cordy Millowitsch as Frau Busebach
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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