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1919 German film

Meyer from Berlin

Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Hanns Kräly Erich Schönfelder
Starring	Ernst Lubitsch Ossi Oswalda Ethel Orff Heinz Landsmann
Cinematography	Alfred Hansen Theodor Sparkuhl
Music by	Aljoscha Zimmermann
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	17 January 1919 (1919-01-17)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Meyer from Berlin (German: Meyer aus Berlin) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda and Ethel Orff. It was part of the Sally series of films featuring Lubitsch as a sharp young Berliner of Jewish heritage. It was Lubitsch's penultimate film as an actor, after 1920 he devoted himself entirely to screenwriting and directing.

Synopsis

Meyer from Berlin (1919)

Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps in order to pursue women. Meyer dresses up in what he considers Tyrolean attire. However, he mistakenly travels to the Bavarian Alps rather than Austria. Meyer becomes infatuated with Kitty, a young, attractive woman at the hotel where he is staying. His pursuit of her angers many of her other suitors who are also staying at the hotel. In order to impress Kitty, Meyer agrees rather reluctantly to climb Mount Watzmann. While they are approaching the summit, both Meyer's wife and Kitty's fiancée unexpectedly arrive from Berlin.

Cast

Ernst Lubitsch as Sally Meyer
Ethel Orff as Paula, his wife
Heinz Landsmann as Harry
Trude Troll as Kitty, his bride
Ossi Oswalda
Erich Schönfelder

References

Eyman p.379
"- YouTube". YouTube.

Bibliography

Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

Meyer from Berlin at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Feature films	Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) When Four Do the Same (1917) Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) Ich Möchte Kein Mann Sein (1918) The Toboggan Cavalier (1918) The Ballet Girl (1918) Carmen (1918) The Rosentopf Case (1918) Intoxication (1919) The Doll (1919) The Swabian Maiden (1919) My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) The Oyster Princess (1919) Meyer from Berlin (1919) Madame DuBarry (1919) Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920) Sumurun (1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wildcat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This Is Paris (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour with You (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Short films	I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) The Housing Shortage (1920) If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Feature films

Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916)
When Four Do the Same (1917)
Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918)
Ich Möchte Kein Mann Sein (1918)
The Toboggan Cavalier (1918)
The Ballet Girl (1918)
Carmen (1918)
The Rosentopf Case (1918)
Intoxication (1919)
The Doll (1919)
The Swabian Maiden (1919)
My Wife, the Movie Star (1919)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Meyer from Berlin (1919)
Madame DuBarry (1919)
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920)
Sumurun (1920)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
Anna Boleyn (1920)
The Wildcat (1921)
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
The Flame (1923)
Rosita (1923)
The Marriage Circle (1924)
Three Women (1924)
Forbidden Paradise (1924)
Kiss Me Again (1925)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
So This Is Paris (1926)
The Honeymoon Express (1926)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
The Patriot (1928)
Eternal Love (1929)
The Love Parade (1929)
Monte Carlo (1930)
Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Broken Lullaby (1932)
One Hour with You (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Design for Living (1933)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Angel (1937)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Cluny Brown (1946)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Short films

I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
The Housing Shortage (1920)
If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

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