A Man Like Maximilian

A Man Like Maximilian
Directed by	Hans Deppe
Written by	Axel Eggebrecht Resi Flierl Peter Francke
Produced by	Fred Lyssa
Starring	Wolf Albach-Retty Karin Hardt Lizzi Waldmüller
Cinematography	Erich Claunigk
Edited by	Erich Palme
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	13 March 1945
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

A Man Like Maximilian (German: Ein Mann wie Maximilian) is a 1945 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Karin Hardt and Lizzi Waldmüller. It was one of the last films released during the Third Reich and was playing in cinemas during the Battle of Berlin.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz.

Synopsis

When her daughter becomes engaged to a respectable lawyer, her mother is delighted as she sees the fiancée as being like her own husband Maximilian. However, suspicions begin to arise that he may be concealing a secret from them.

Cast

• Wolf Albach-Retty as Doctor Thomas Hesse
• Karin Hardt as Monika, dessen Frau
• Lizzi Waldmüller as Alexandra Durran, Sängerin
• Fritz Odemar as Maximilian Holten
• Hermine Ziegler as Fränze Holten
• Norbert Rohringer as Fips Holten
• Max Gülstorff as Heinrich Holten
• Paul Dahlke as Theaterdirektor Rother
• Hannes Keppler as Carol Witt, Tenor
• Auguste Pünkösdy as Frau Durran
• Victor Janson as Theaterdirektor
• Angelo Ferrari as Regisseur
• Emmy Flemmich as Frau Meier
• Rosemarie Grosser as Frl. Behr, Sekretärin
• Emil Reissner as Bühnenportier
• Emilie Bösl as Josefa, Magd
• Karl Neumayer as Briefträger
• Ina Albrecht as Loni, Hausmädchen

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• A Man Like Maximilian at IMDb