Dangers of the Engagement Period

1930 film

Dangers of the Engagement Period

Directed by| Fred Sauer
Written by|

* Walter Schlee
* Walter Wassermann

Produced by| Robert Leistenschneider [de]
Starring|

* Marlene Dietrich
* Willi Forst
* Lotte Lorring

Cinematography| László Schäffer

Production
company

Strauss Film

Distributed by| Hegewald Film

Release date

* 21 February 1930 (1930-02-21)

Running time

| 80 minutes
Country| Germany
Languages|

* Silent
* German intertitles

Dangers of the Engagement Period (German: Gefahren der Brautzeit) is a 1930 German silent comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Marlene Dietrich, Willi Forst, and Lotte Lorring.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of Nights of Love (German: Liebesnächte).

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Shot as a silent during September and October 1929, it was not released until February the following year, by which time sound films were increasingly dominant. It was given a favourable review by Lotte Eisner in the Film-Kurier.[2]

While making the film, Dietrich was also appearing in a stage show alongside Hans Albers.[3] It was her final film before her breakthrough role in The Blue Angel, which made her an international star and led to her departure for Hollywood.

## Synopsis

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During a railway journey, Baron van Geldern meets Evelyne, an attractive young woman travelling in the same carriage. After the train is derailed, they spend a night together at a hotel, and the womanizer falls in love with her. Complications ensue when he discovers that she is engaged to his American friend.

## Cast

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* Marlene Dietrich as Evelyne
* Willi Forst as Baron van Geldern
* Lotte Lorring as Yvette
* Elza Temary as Florence
* Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as McClure
* Bruno Ziener as Miller
* Albert Hörrmann [de; es]
* Otto Kronburger [de]
* Oskar Sima
* Hans Wallner [de]

## References

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1. ^ Kosta 2009, p. 190.
2. ^ "Gefahren der Brautzeit (1930)". www.stummfilm.at [Silent Film Archive] (in German). 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
3. ^ Chandler 2011, p. 61

## Bibliography

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* Chandler, Charlotte (2011). Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-8844-6.
* Kosta, Barbara (2009). Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-619-9.

## External links

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* Dangers of the Engagement Period at IMDb

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