When the Cock Crows

1936 film

When the Cock Crows

Directed by| Carl Froelich
Written by| Axel Eggebrecht
August Hinrichs
Based on| When the Cock Crows by August Hinrichs
Produced by| Carl Froelich
Starring| Heinrich George
Hans Brausewetter
Marianne Hoppe
Cinematography| Reimar Kuntze
Edited by| Gustav Lohse
Music by| Hanson Milde-Meissner

Production
company

Carl Froelich-Film

Distributed by| Europa Film

Release date

* 23 March 1936 (1936-03-23)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

When the Cock Crows (German: Wenn der Hahn kräht) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinrich George, Hans Brausewetter and Marianne Hoppe.[1] It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag and Franz Schroedter. It is based on a folk play of the same title by August Hinrichs.

## Synopsis

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In a rural village in Northern Germany Lena the daughter of the grouchy mayor is in love with Peter a young veterinarian. However her parents are against the match as she has already been promised to another man who is due to inherit a farm. He is in turn courted by Marie, a woman who has recently arrived in the area.

## Cast

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* Heinrich George as Jan Kreyenborg, Gemeindevorsteher
* Hans Brausewetter as Peter Renken, Tierarzt
* Marianne Hoppe as Marie
* Claire Reigbert as Gesine Kreyenborg
* Hildegard Barko as Lena Kreyenborg
* Carsta Löck as Stine
* Fritz Hoopts as Willem Tameling, Knecht
* Wilhelm P. Krüger as Jochen Witt, Schneider
* Karl John as Piepers Gustav
* Ernst Waldow as Kröger, Amtshauptmann
* Hugo Froelich as Stindt, Wachtmeister
* Paul Luka as Peter Witt, Viehhändler
* Paul Rehkopf as Dorfarzt
* Maria Seidler as Frau des Dorfarztes
* Eugenie Dengler as Mädchen an der Kirmesbude

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.212
2. ^ Klaus p.228-29

## Bibliography

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* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

## External links

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* When the Cock Crows at IMDb

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Films directed by Carl Froelich

* Werner Krafft (1916)
* Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
* The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
* The Loves of Käthe Keller (1919)
* The Dancer (1919)
* In Thrall to the Claw (1921)
* Wandering Souls (1921)
* The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
* Island of the Dead (1921)
* The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
* Good-for-Nothing (1922)
* Luise Millerin (1922)
* Hallig Hooge (1923)
* The Weather Station (1923)
* Mother and Child (1924)
* The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
* Chamber Music (1925)
* Tragedy (1925)
* The Flames Lie (1926)
* Roses from the South (1926)
* When She Starts, Look Out (1926)
* The Long Intermission (1927)
* My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927)
* Love in the Cowshed (1928)
* Lotte (1928)
* Love and Thieves (1928)
* Escape (1928)
* Violantha (1928)
* The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
* German Wine (1929)
* The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
* Hans in Every Street (1930)
* Fire in the Opera House (1930)
* The Night Is Ours (1930)
* Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
* Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
* This One or None (1932)
* Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)
* Love at First Sight (1932)
* The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
* Ripening Youth (1933)
* Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
* Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
* I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
* The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
* The Dreamer (1936)
* When the Cock Crows (1936)
* If We All Were Angels (1936)
* Such Great Foolishness (1937)
* Heimat (1938)
* The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
* The Four Companions (1938)
* The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
* The Gasman (1941)
* Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
* The Buchholz Family (1944)
* Marriage of Affection (1944)
* Three Girls Spinning (1950)
* Stips (1951)

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