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1941 film

The Gasman

Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Heinrich Spoerl
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Anny Ondra Walter Steinbeck
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse Johanna Rosinski
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	1 August 1941 (1941-08-01)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Gasman (German: Der Gasmann) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Anny Ondra and Walter Steinbeck. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag. It was made by Froelich's separate production unit, and distributed by the major studio UFA.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Hermann Knittel
Anny Ondra as Erika Knittel
Walter Steinbeck as Herr - der nicht erkannt sein möchte
Erika Helmke as Blondes Fräulein Lilott
Will Dohm as Schwager Alfred
Franz Weber as Judge
Kurt Vespermann as Prosecutor
Hans Leibelt as Defense lawyer
Charlotte Susa as Schöne Zeugin
Gisela Schlüter as Entzückende kleine Frau
Herbert Bach as Kellner
Luise Bethke-Zitzman as Knittels Nachbarin
Paul Bildt as Nervenarzt Dr. Brauer
Fritz Draeger as Mann im Zugabteil
Paul Esser
Hugo Froelich as Taxifahrer
Wilhelm Große as Auskunftsbeamter
Wolfgang Heise
Bruno Hellwinkel as Polizeibeamter
Otto Krieg-Helbig as Polizeibeamter
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Flickschneider
Walter Lieck as Bankdiener
Manfred Meurer as Verdächtiger Jüngling
Herta Neupert as Mopsgesicht
Erik Radolf as Kriminalbeamter
Marga Riffa as Beamtin der Sittenpolizei
Rolf Rolphs as Polizeibeamter
Max Rosenhauer
Oscar Sabo as Pensionierter Schutzmann
Ernst Stimmel as Bankdirektor
Eleonore Tappert as Zimmervermieterin
Eva Tinschmann as Frau Maschke
Hans Ulrich as Bankangestellter
Egon Vogel as Beamter für Verkehrsunfälle
Ewald Wenck as Kriminalbeamter
Hermine Ziegler as Frauenberaterin Janette Knoll
Bruno Ziener as Vornehmer alter Herr
Reinhard Kolldehoff as Polizeibeamter
Kurt Seifert as Finanzbeamter
Helmut Weiss as Romantischer Jüngling

References

Bock & Bergfelder p. 347

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

The Gasman 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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