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Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930 film)

1930 film directed by Rolf Randolf

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ65121005 ↗
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Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (German: O alte Burschenherrlichkeit) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Werner Fuetterer, Fritz Alberti and Betty Amann. It is one of a number of films in the nostalgic Old Heidelberg tradition.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Zander. It was shot on location in Heidelberg in the Rhineland.

Cast

Werner Fuetterer as Student Robert Riedel

Fritz Alberti as Herr Schwab

Betty Amann as Norma, dessen Tochter

Erwin van Roy as Balther

Alfred Beierle as Methusalem

Betty Astor as Mieze

Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Laubinger, die Wirtin

Gretl Theimer

References

Bibliography

Jelavich, Peter (2006). Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93164-0.

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The public source identifies “Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930 film)” as 1930 film directed by Rolf Randolf. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Those, Glorious and Student.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1930, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1930-09-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Those, Glorious and Student providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65121005. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1930 and 2006.

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