Pygmalion (1935 film)

1935 German film

Pygmalion

Directed by| Erich Engel
Written by| Heinrich Oberländer

Walter Wassermann
Based on| Pygmalion
1913 play
by George Bernard Shaw
Produced by| Eberhard Klagemann
Starring| Jenny Jugo
Gustaf Gründgens
Anton Edthofer
Cinematography| Bruno Mondi
Edited by| René Métain
Music by| Theo Mackeben

Production
company

Klagemann-Film

Release date

* 2 September 1935 (1935-09-02)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

Pygmalion is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Gustaf Gründgens and Anton Edthofer. It is based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion.[1]

The basic plot consists of a professor's attempts to transform an uneducated flower seller into a proper lady.[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Jenny Jugo as Eliza Doolittle
* Gustaf Gründgens as Professor Higgins
* Anton Edthofer as Oberst Pickering
* Eugen Klöpfer as Alfred Doolittle
* Hedwig Bleibtreu as Mrs. Higgins
* Käthe Haack as Mrs. Pearce
* Olga Limburg as Mrs. Hill
* Karin Evans as Klara Hill
* Vivigenz Eickstedt as Freddy Hill
* Erika Glässner as Betsy
* Hans Richter as Jonny
* Erna Morena
* Werner Pledath
* Josef Dahmen
* Ernst Behmer
* Erich Dunskus
* Oskar Höcker
* Wera Schultz

## References

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1. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 920\. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
2. ^ "Pygmalion". IMDB. 2 September 1935. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ISBN 978-3-598-11492-2.

## External links

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* Pygmalion at IMDb

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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Characters|

* Eliza Doolittle

Films|

* Everybody's Woman (1924)
* Pygmalion (1935)
* Hoi Polloi (1935)
* Pygmalion (1937)
* Pygmalion (1938)
* Half-Wits Holiday (1947)
* Pies and Guys (1958)
* My Fair Lady (1964)
* Manam Oru Kurangu (1967)
* The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)
* Man Pasand (1980)
* She's All That (1999)
* He's All That (2021)

Musical|

* My Fair Lady (1956)

Television|

* Pygmalion (1948)
* Pigmalião 70 (1970)
* Galatea (1977)
* Pygmalion (1983)
* Totalmente Demais (2015)

See also|

* Pygmalion (mythology)
* Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
* American Princess
* Ask Any Girl
* The First Night of Pygmalion
* Educating Rita
* Fine Manners
* Kitty
* Mighty Aphrodite
* Never on Sunday
* Ogo Bodhu Shundori
* Selfie
* "Someone to Watch Over Me"
* Vapor
* Pygmalion effect
* ELIZA

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Films directed by Erich Engel

* Love Is the Power of Women (1924)
* Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931)
* Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
* Inge and the Millions (1933)
* Hard Luck Mary (1934)
* The Secret of Cavelli (1934)
* ... nur ein Komödiant 1935)
* Pygmalion (1935)
* The Night With the Emperor (1936)
* Victoria in Dover (1936)
* A Wedding Dream (1936)
* Dangerous Game (1937)
* The Muzzle (1938)
* A Hopeless Case (1938)
* Hotel Sacher (1939)
* Our Miss Doctor (1940)
* Nanette (1940)
* Much Ado About Nixi (1942)
* Blum Affair (1948)
* Journey to Happiness (1948)
* The Beaver Coat (1949)
* Under the Thousand Lanterns (1952)
* The Merry Vineyard (1952)
* Consul Strotthoff (1954)
* The Man of My Life (1954)
* Before God and Man (1955)
* Love Without Illusions (1955)

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