Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!
| Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arzén von Cserépy |
| Written by |
Peter Hagen (novel) Hans Hömberg Georg Mühlen-Schulte Gerd Tolzien |
| Starring |
Jessie Vihrog Fritz Veit Harlan Willi Schur |
| Music by |
Erwin Offeney Marc Roland |
| Cinematography | Guido Seeber |
| Edited by | Willy Zeunert |
Production company |
Cserepy-Tonfilmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Normalton-Film |
Release dates | 24 January 1935 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (German:Nur nicht weich werden, Susanne!) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Arzén von Cserépy and starring Jessie Vihrog, Veit Harlan and Willi Schur. A young woman's attempts to break into the film industry are thwarted by two unscrupulous producers.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Karl Vollbrecht. The film offered support to the Nazi Party's anti-Semitic stance by a negative portrayal of the two Jewish film producers. It received strong official backing and a gala premiere was arranged for its release by Joseph Goebbels. To Goebbels' surprise and disgust the first night audience booed once the screening was over. The incident was largely hushed-up and the film's director Arzén von Cserépy went back to his native Hungary in disgrace and never made another German film.[2]
Cast
- Jessie Vihrog as Susanne Kirchner
- Veit Harlan as Georg Brinkmann
- Willi Schur as Generaldirektor Sally Gold
- Ernst Rotmund as Produktionsleiter Archinowitz
- Maly Delschaft as Filmdiva
- Harry Frank as Filmstar
- Eugen Rex as Regisseur
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Detektiv
- Rotraut Richter as Grete
- Ellen Bang as Lilli
- Josef Dahmen as Kurvenkarl
- Heinz Berghaus
- Gerhard Dammann
- Josefine Dora as Tante Frieda
- Hugo Flink as Redakteur
- Aribert Grimmer as Kommissar
- Karl Harbacher
- Max Hochstetter
- Maria Krahn
- Hilde Krüger
- Hermann Picha
- Karl Platen
- Max Ralph-Ostermann as Schmidt - Rechtsanwalt
- Carla Rust
- Ernst Albert Schaach as Vizepräsident
- Robert Thiem as Fredy Miller - Regieassistent
References
Bibliography
- David Stewart Hull. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.