The Cruel Mistress

1932 film

The Cruel Mistress

Directed by| Carl Lamac
Written by|

* Hans H. Zerlett
* Walter Wassermann

Produced by|

* Anatol Potock
* Carl Lamac
* Anny Ondra

Starring|

* Anny Ondra
* Fritz Rasp
* Lina Woiwode

Cinematography|

* Otto Heller
* Josef Wirsching
* Ernst Zahn

Edited by| Ella Ensink
Music by|

* Rolf Marbot
* Bert Reisfeld

Production
companies

* Ondra-Lamac-Film
* Lothar Stark-Film

Distributed by| Hugo Engel-Filmgesellschaft

Release date

* 12 July 1932 (1932-07-12)

Running time

| 78 minutes
Countries|

* Austria
* Germany

Language| German

The Cruel Mistress (German: Die grausame Freundin) is a 1932 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Fritz Rasp and Lina Woiwode.[1] A separate French-language version Should We Wed Them? was also released. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

## Synopsis[edit]

The quarrelsome astronomer Professor Bock has long had a falling out with his brother, who went to America after marrying a circus performer. Then his brother's widow and her son Jim arrive and a romance begins to develop with the professor's daughter Welgunda.

## Cast[edit]

* Anny Ondra as Welgunda
* Fritz Rasp as Professor Bock
* Lina Woiwode as Frau Bock
* Werner Fuetterer as Jim Bock
* Olga Limburg as Jim Bocks Mutter
* Ernst Arndt as Professor Bierbrot
* Carl Goetz as Zirkusdirektor
* Karl Forest as Schulinspektor
* Dorothy Poole as Sängerin
* Gustav Werner as Hoteldirektor
* Hugo Thimig

## References[edit]

1. ^ von Dassanowsky p.49

## Bibliography[edit]

* Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

## External links[edit]

* The Cruel Mistress at IMDb

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