If We All Were Angels (1936 film)

1936 film For the later film, see If We All Were Angels (1956 film).

If We All Were Angels

Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Heinrich Spoerl (novel and screenplay)
Produced by	Friedrich Pflughaupt Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Leny Marenbach Lotte Rausch
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich-Film
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	9 October 1936 (1936-10-09)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

If We All Were Angels (German: Wenn wir alle Engel wären) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Lotte Rausch. The overall plot was similar to that of The Virtuous Sinner (1931) which Rühmann had also appeared in. It was made at the former National Studios in Berlin while location filming took place around Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It was re-released in 1950 by Herzog Film.

Synopsis

A respectable member of provincial German society nearly becomes involved in a scandal following a series of misunderstandings.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Christian Kempenich
Leny Marenbach as Hedwig - seine Frau
Elsa Dalands as Selma Kempenich - die Tante
Lotte Rausch as Maria, the maid
Harald Paulsen as Enrico Falotti - Gesangslehrer
Hanns August Herten as Bügermeister
Charlotte Krause-Walter as Else
Carl de Vogt as Hotel Porter 'Waldfrieden'
Will Dohm as Police Inspector
Paul Mederow as District Judge
Ernst Waldow as Prosecution lawyer
Hugo Froelich as Justizrat Genius - Defence lawyer
Luise Morland as Frau Oberpostdirektor

References

Hake p. 95–97

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

If We All Were Angels at IMDb

v t e 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)

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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