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1917 film

When Four Do the Same

Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Erich Schönfelder Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Ossi Oswalda Emil Jannings Margarete Kupfer Fritz Schulz
Production company	PAGU
Release date	16 November 1917 (1917-11-16)
Running time	4 reels
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

When Four Do the Same (German: Wenn vier dasselbe tun) is a 1917 German silent comedy drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Emil Jannings and Margarete Kupfer. Lubitsch himself plays a book shop employee who falls in love with Jannings' daughter. The film was a key transitional work in Lubitsch's career, as he began to produce films with greater depth than his early light comedies.

The film was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. It premièred in Berlin on 16 November 1917 at the Union-Theatre am Nollendorfplatz and at the UT Kufürstendamm (Filmbühne Wien).

Cast

Emil Jannings as Segetoff
Ossi Oswalda as Segetoffs Tochter
Margarete Kupfer as Frau Lange, Buchhändlerin
Fritz Schulz as Tobias Schmalzstich, Lehrling
Victor Janson as Tanzlehrer
Ernst Lubitsch

References

Eyman p.378
Eyman p.50-51
vier dasselbe tun.html "Wenn vier dasselbe tun (1917)". cinegraph.de. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

Bibliography

Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

External links

When Four Do the Same 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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