Robert and Bertram (1939 film)
| Robert and Bertram | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hans Heinz Zerlett |
| Produced by | Helmut Schreiber |
| Written by |
Gustav Raeder (play) Hans Heinz Zerlett |
| Starring |
Rudi Godden Kurt Seifert Carla Rust Fritz Kampers |
| Music by | Leo Leux |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by | Ella Ensink |
Production company |
Tobis Filmkunst |
| Distributed by | Tobis-Filmverleih |
Release dates | 7 July 1939 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Robert and Bertram (German:Robert und Bertram) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Hans Heinz Zerlett and starring Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert and Carla Rust. It premiered in Hamburg on 7 July 1939.[1] It was based on the 1856 play Robert and Bertram by Gustav Räder about two wandering vagrants which had been adapted into several film versions including a Polish film of the same title the previous year. It was set in 1839.
It was the only anti-semitic musical comedy released during the Nazi era and the first film since Kristallnacht to focus on Jews as cultural and economic outsiders.[2] In fact the antagonist of this film itself, the Jew Nathan Ipelmeyer is not a cultural and economic outsider, but a very wealthy "Kommerzienrat" (cf. Geheimrat).
Cast
- Rudi Godden as Robert
- Kurt Seifert as Bertram
- Carla Rust as Lenchen
- Fritz Kampers as Strambach, Gefängnisverwalter
- Heinz Schorlemmer as Michael, Strambachs Neffe
- Herbert Hübner as Nathan Ipelmeyer, the Jewish Kommerzienrat
- Tatjana Sais as Isodora Ipelmeyer, his daughter
- Ursula Deinert as a dancer
- Robert Dorsay as Jack, Ipelmeyer's servant
- Erwin Biegel as Fochheimer
- Hans Stiebner as Blank, cop
- Arthur Schröder as Herr Biedermeier
- Willi Schur as a minstrel
- Eva Tinschmann as a minstrel
- Inge van der Straaten as Frau Ipelmeyer
- Friedrich Beug as the chief of the police
- Peter Bosse as Junge beim Ballonaufstieg
- Fred Goebel as a guard
- Harry Gondi as a guard
- Aribert Grimmer as Gendarm
- Otto F. Henning as Minister
- Fritz Hoopts as Flint, cop
- Kurt Keller-Nebri as Mylord beim Empfang Ipelmeyer
- Franz Kossak as 'Dame' von Café Kranzler
- Gustl Kreusch as 'Dame' von Café Kranzler
- Walter Lieck as Dr. Cordvan
- Alfred Maack as innkeeper
- Manfred Meurer as Lakai
- Arnim Münch as a bookkeeper
- Lucie Polzin as Mutter des Jungen
- F.W. Schröder-Schrom as one of Ipelmeyer's guests
- Rudolf Schündler as one of Ipelmeyer's guests
- Gerhard Dammann as Peter
- Claire Glib as a belly dancer
- Kurt Mikulski as Fritz
- Gerti Ober as a girl in the Café Kranzler
- Egon Stief as Mann mit der Kraftmaschine
- Auguste Wanner-Kirsch as Hochzeitgast
- Kurt Zehe as the giant at the fair
References
Bibliography
- O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House, 2006.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- Robert and Bertram at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert and Bertram is available for free download at the Internet Archive