The Telephone Operator (1925 film)

1925 film

The Telephone Operator

Poster by Boris Bilinsky

German| Das Fräulein vom Amt
Directed by| Hanns Schwarz
Written by| Henrik Galeen
Adolf Lantz
Cinematography| Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by| Giuseppe Becce
Otto Urack

Production
company

Sternheim Film

Distributed by| UFA

Release date

* 15 October 1925 (1925-10-15)

Country| Germany
Languages| Silent
German intertitles

The Telephone Operator (German: Das Fräulein vom Amt) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring André Mattoni, Alexander Murski, and Willy Kaiser-Heyl. The film's art direction was by Erich Czerwonski. It was notable for the number of leading UFA technicians who worked on it.[1] It premiered on 15 October 1925 at the Tauenzienpalast in Berlin.[2] It is also known by the alternative title Liebe und Telefon.

## Cast

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* André Mattoni as Frank Caruther
* Alexander Murski as Baron Josua Caruther
* Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Baron Conrad
* Karl Platen as Jeff
* Kurt Wichulla as Kind
* Frida Richard as Aunt Betsy
* Paul Biensfeldt as Notar
* Frieda Türnowski as neighbour
* Fritz Richard as provost
* Hugo Döblin as usurer
* Lydia Potechina as room landlady
* Ellen Plessow as traveller
* William Huch as valet
* Mary Johnson as Mary Hard
* Margarete Lanner

## References

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1. ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 101\. ISBN 0520220692.
2. ^ Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. p. 233\. ISBN 1571810250. JSTOR j.ctt1c0gm1x.

## External links

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* The Telephone Operator at IMDb

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The films of Hanns Schwarz

* Nanon (1924)
* Two People (1924)
* The Voice of the Heart (1924)
* The Telephone Operator (1925)
* The Little Variety Star (1926)
* The Csardas Princess (1927)
* Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)
* The Runaway Girl (1928)
* The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
* Melody of the Heart (1929)
* Darling of the Gods (1930)
* Burglars (1930)
* Caught in the Act (1931)
* Her Grace Commands (1931)
* Princess, At Your Orders! (1931)
* Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931)
* Captain Craddock (1931)
* Happy Hearts (1932)
* Gypsies of the Night (1932)
* Monte Carlo Madness (1932)
* Prince of Arcadia (1933)
* The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

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