Catherine the Last
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![]() Hans Holt and Franciska Gaal | |
Directed by | Henry Koster |
Written by | Alexander Hunyady (novel) Károly Nóti Felix Jackson |
Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
Starring | Franciska Gaal Hans Holt Hans Olden Otto Wallburg |
Cinematography | Theodore J. Pahle |
Edited by | Viktor Gertler |
Music by | Nicholas Brodszky Hans J. Salter |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Country | Austria |
Language | German |
Catherine the Last (German: Katharina, die Letzte) is a 1936 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt and Hans Olden.[1] It was made by the Austrian subsidiary of Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. After making the film, Koster moved to Hollywood] In 1938, the film was remade in America as The Girl Downstairs with Gaal reprising her role.
Synopsis
[edit]After Hans is frustrated in his attempts to see his girlfriend Sybill by her overprotective father, who is a business tycoon father, he attempts to gain entry into the house by romancing the family's kitchen maid. At first, he simply uses her as a ruse, but he eventually falls in love with her.
Cast
[edit]- Franciska Gaal as Katharina, Kitchen maid
- Hans Holt as Hans von Gerstikow
- Hans Olden as Eduard, Hans' friend
- Otto Wallburg as Sixtus Braun, Big industrialist
- Dorothy Poole as Sybill Braun
- Eduard Linkers as Steinschneider, Braun's secretary
- Ernő Verebes as Tobby, Hans' servant
- Adrienne Gessner as Berta, cook
- Fritz Imhoff as Bubs, car salesman
- Adolf E. Licho as Excellency
- Georg Schmieter as Fireman
- Sigurd Lohde as Police inspector
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
- Paul Morgan as Stephan, waiter
References
[edit]- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.257
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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