The Beaver Coat (1937 film)

The Beaver Coat (German: Der Biberpelz) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, and Rotraut Richter.^[1] It is an adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Beaver Coat. The German premiere took place on 3 December 1937. Another film version of the play The Beaver Coat was released in 1949.

The Beaver Coat
German film poster
German	Der Biberpelz
Directed by	Jürgen von Alten
Written by	Georg C. Klaren
Based on	The Beaver Coat by Gerhart Hauptmann
Produced by	Hans von Wolzogen
Starring	Heinrich George Ida Wüst Rotraut Richter
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	Erich Palme
Music by	Leo Leux
Production company	Fabrikation Deutscher Filme
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	3 December 1937 (1937-12-03)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Heinrich George as Amtsvorsteher Baron von Wehrhahn
• Ida Wüst as Auguste Wolff
• Rotraut Richter as Adelheid Wolff
• Sabine Peters as Leontine Wolff
• Heinz von Cleve as Konstrukteur Dr. Fleischer
• Ernst Waldow as Forstadjtant a.D. Motes
• Ewald Wenck as Julius Wolff
• Eduard Wenck as Rentier Krüger
• Blandine Ebinger as Mrs. Krüger
• Albert Florath as Agust Wulkow, skipper
• Renée Stobrawa as Almine Wulkow
• Fritz Odemar as Prince August Sigismund
• Arthur Schröder as Theerbrügge's adjutant
• Walter Bluhm as Schreiber Glasenapp
• Carl Heinz Charrell as Amtsdiener Mitteldorf
• Hilde Seipp as singer
• S. O. Schoening as table neighbor of the office head
• Walter Werner as office head
• Günther Vogdt as Heines, hunting assistant
• Walter Bechmann as Herr von den Daimler-Werken
• Ernst Stimmel as general manager
• Oskar Höcker as policeman
• Charles Willy Kayser as Fürsten's second adjutant
• Gustav Mahncke as concierge
• Anita Düwell as Mr. Motes' lady
• Gerti Kammerzell as Dame mit Herrn Motes
• Jac Diehl as waiter at 'Ochsen'
• Dorothea Thiess as Hebamme
• Willi Sande-Meyer as attendee of the inauguration of the Baron von Wehrhahn
• Renée Carstennsen as Elschen Krüger
• Wolfgang Dohnberg as Herr von den Daimler-Werken

See also

• The Beaver Coat (1928 film)
• The Beaver Coat (1949 film)

References

1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 154. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

External links

• The Beaver Coat at IMDb