The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl

The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Produced by	Herbert Engelsing Carl Froelich
Written by	Paul Enderling Harald Braun Jacob Geis Philipp Lothar Mayring Klaus S. Richter
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Karin Hardt Sybille Schmitz Ernst Legal
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Production company	Carl Froelich Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release dates	31 January 1938
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (German:Die Umwege des schönen Karl) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Hardt and Sybille Schmitz. It portrays the experiences of a young waiter during the Great Depression.^[1]

Partial cast

Heinz Rühmann as Karl Kramer - Kellner
Karin Hardt as Grete Wernicke - Tochter
Sybille Schmitz as Lu Donon - Tochter
Ernst Legal as Der alte Albert - Kellner
Paul Westermeier as Otto Hübner - Kellner
Leo Peukert as Heinz Balzer - Weinstubenbesitzer
Albert Florath as Vater Wernicke - Familienpensionsinhaber
Margarete Kupfer as Tante Knifke - Drehorgelverleiherin
Paul Bildt as Geheimrat Roderich Donon
Claire Reigbert as Mutter Wernicke
Werner Finck as Herr von der Presse
Karl Gunther as Rennstallbesitzer Hoinken
Kurt Seifert as Pferde-Wenzel
Hugo Froelich as Spirituosenhersteller Neddebom
Hansi Arnstaedt as Die Baronin
Carl Heinz Charrell as Justizrat Siebenhütter
Leopold von Ledebur as Der Major
Friedrich Honna as Der Bäckermeister
Gea Eschenbach as Sängerin
Elisabeth Eygk as Freundin des Kassierers
Willy Krause as Durchgebrannter Kassierer
Egon Brosig as Untersuchungsrichter
Ewald Wenck as Kriminalkommissar
Bruno Fritz as Herr mit Jägerhut
Grete Wiedecke as Karls Wirtin
Wilhelm Bendow as Koch

References

↑ Hake p.59

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Carl Froelich

The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
The Dancer (1919)
Wandering Souls (1921)
The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
The Good for Nothings (1922)
Luise Millerin (1922)
Hallig Hooge (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
Chamber Music (1925)
Roses from the South (1926)
The Long Intermission (1927)
Love in the Cowshed (1928)
Lotte (1928)
Love and Thieves (1928)
Escape (1928)
Violantha (1928)
The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
The Dreamer (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)

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