The Cruel Mistress

The Cruel Mistress
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Directed by	Carl Lamac
Produced by	Anatol Potock Carl Lamac Anny Ondra
Written by	Hans H. Zerlett Walter Wassermann
Starring	Anny Ondra Fritz Rasp Lina Woiwode
Music by	Rolf Marbot Bert Reisfeld
Cinematography	Otto Heller Josef Wirsching Ernst Zahn
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Production company	Ondra-Lamac-Film Lothar Stark-Film
Distributed by	Hugo Engel-Filmgesellschaft
Release dates	12 July 1932 (1932-07-12)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	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. 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

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

• 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

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Cruel Mistress at IMDb