| The Man Who Couldn't Say No | |
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| Directed by | Mario Camerini |
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| Based on | Ma non è una cosa seria [it] (play) by Luigi Pirandello |
| Produced by | Alberto Giacalone |
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| Cinematography | Werner Bohne |
| Edited by | René Métain |
| Music by | |
| Production company | Itala Film |
| Distributed by | Siegel-Monopolfilm |
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| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Man Who Couldn't Say No (German: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film But It's Nothing Serious also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.
Plot
German version of the Italian film Ma Non È Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.
Cast
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Memmo Speranza
- Karin Hardt as Gasperina
- Leo Slezak as Barranco
- Werner Finck as Lamanna
- Frauke Lauterbach as Elsa
- Hilde Krüger as Marguerite
- Charlott Daudert as Loletta
- Georgia Lind as Mathilde
- Erik von Loewis as Giulio, Elsas Bruder
- Olga Engl as Theresa, Elsas Mutter
- Hans Stock [de] as Andreas, Elsas Vater
- Erwin Biegel as Giovanni, Diener Memmos
- Else Valery as Luisa, Haushälterin
- Eduard von Winterstein as Colonel, Mathildes Vater
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Grizoffi, Pensionsgast
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Virgadamo, Pensiongast
- Margarete Sachse [de] as Lehrerin, Pensiongast
- Irene Margot as Sängerin
- Josef Reithofer as Arzt
References
- Nichols & Bazzoni, p. xxiv.
- KLaus p.131
Bibliography
- Nichols, Nina daVinci; Bazzoni, Jana O'Keefe (1995). Pirandello and Film. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-3336-2.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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- Remakes of Italian films
- German romantic comedy films
- 1930s German-language films
- Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello
- 1930s German films
- Films shot at Halensee Studios
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