Uncle Bräsig

Uncle Bräsig
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Produced by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Fritz Reuter (novel) Rolf Meyer
Starring	Otto Wernicke Heinrich Schroth Harry Hardt Suse Graf
Music by	Kurt Schröder
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Production company	Fanal-Filmproduktion
Release dates	25 December 1936
Country	Germany
Language	German

Uncle Bräsig (German: Onkel Bräsig) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Otto Wernicke, Heinrich Schroth and Harry Hardt. It marked the film debut of the Swedish actress Kristina Söderbaum who went on to be a major star of Nazi cinema. Söderbaum won her part in a contest organised by UFA. It was based on the novel Ut mine Stromtid by Fritz Reuter.

Cast

• Otto Wernicke - Onkel Bräsig
• Heinrich Schroth - Karl Hawermann
• Harry Hardt - Baron Axel von Rambow
• Suse Graf - Luise Hawermann
• Elga Brink - Frau Frieda von Rambow
• Carsta Löck - Nahrhafte Mamsell
• Hans Richter - Triddelfitz, Volontär
• Fritz Hoopts - Jochen Nüssler
• Jakob Tiedtke - Pomuchelskopp
• Erich Fiedler - Gottlieb
• Hans Brausewetter - Rudolf, Jungbauer
• Hildegard Barko - Linning, Zwillingsschwester
• Kristina Söderbaum - Minning, Zwillingsschwester
• Ursula Herking - Malchen
• Babsi Schultz-Reckewell - Margaret, seine Tochter
• Kurt Fischer-Fehling - Franz von Rambow
• Paul Westermeier - Rektor Baldrian
• Magdalena Schmidt - Seine Frau
• Albert Arid - Knecht
• Dorothea Thiess - Seine Frau
• Fritz Rasp - Slusohr, ein Gauner
• Lena Haustein - Salchen
• Julius E. Herrmann - Kaufmann Kurz
• William Huch - Kammerrat von Rambow
• Karl Junge-Swinburne - Amtmann
• Robert Leffler - Sadenwasser
• Klaus Pohl - Nachtwächter
• Gustav Rickelt - Der Lehrer
• Manny Ziener - Frau Nüssler

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Ascheid, Antje. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Germany. Temple University Press, 2003.

External links

• Uncle Bräsig at IMDb