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1936 film

When the Cock Crows

Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Axel Eggebrecht August Hinrichs
Based on	When the Cock Crows by August Hinrichs
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinrich George Hans Brausewetter Marianne Hoppe
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich-Film
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	23 March 1936 (1936-03-23)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

When the Cock Crows (German: Wenn der Hahn kräht) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinrich George, Hans Brausewetter and Marianne Hoppe. It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag and Franz Schroedter. It is based on a folk play of the same title by August Hinrichs.

Synopsis

In a rural village in Northern Germany Lena the daughter of the grouchy mayor is in love with Peter a young veterinarian. However her parents are against the match as she has already been promised to another man who is due to inherit a farm. He is in turn courted by Marie, a woman who has recently arrived in the area.

Cast

Heinrich George as Jan Kreyenborg, Gemeindevorsteher
Hans Brausewetter as Peter Renken, Tierarzt
Marianne Hoppe as Marie
Claire Reigbert as Gesine Kreyenborg
Hildegard Barko as Lena Kreyenborg
Carsta Löck as Stine
Fritz Hoopts as Willem Tameling, Knecht
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Jochen Witt, Schneider
Karl John as Piepers Gustav
Ernst Waldow as Kröger, Amtshauptmann
Hugo Froelich as Stindt, Wachtmeister
Paul Luka as Peter Witt, Viehhändler
Paul Rehkopf as Dorfarzt
Maria Seidler as Frau des Dorfarztes
Eugenie Dengler as Mädchen an der Kirmesbude

References

Bock & Bergfelder p.212
Klaus p.228-29

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

When the Cock Crows at IMDb

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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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