Men Before Marriage (1927)

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Movie
Original title Men before marriage
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1927
length 96 minutes
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Director Constantin J. David
script Alfred Zeisler
Victor Abel
production Julius Sternheim
music Artur Guttmann
camera Karl Attenberger
occupation

The following cast names come from filmportal.de and IMDb. In the Austrian presentation of the film, however, role names were given, but these cannot be assigned to the German, non-naming list of roles:

Men Before Marriage is a German ensemble silent film by Constantin J. David with Nina Vanna , Hanni Weisse , Carl Auen and Kurt Vespermann in the leading roles

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The bachelors Ernst Westerkamp and Kurt Felsing, an architect, are close friends, but there is a big difference between the two: While Westerkamp is very wealthy and lives in a beautiful house, Felsing is always short of money and is currently even unemployed. Westerkamp has an expensive girlfriend in the dancer Marion, while Felsing has so far only kept one eye on Käte, the daughter of his landlady. One day a silver lining appears when friend Ernst Kurt wins a large contract to build an institute for sport and physical culture. At the inauguration of the sports arena, Westerkamp is also present, who as another visitor sees the girl Hilde again, whom he recently met on the street and with whom he fell in shock. Ernst Hilde then invites you to the “Trocadero”, where the young girl gets to know the sophisticated “big, wide world” for the first time.

Ernst's friend Marion, who stepped in as a dancer for a sick colleague, also performs in this entertainment establishment. When Marion sees Hilde at Westerkamp's side in the box, she later makes a scene for him when leaving the restaurant, in which she makes a tactless remark. Marion died for Westerkamp as a friend and lover, but Hilde was deeply affected and she ran away. Ernst has seriously fallen in love with Hilde, he runs after her and makes up with her. Felsing, who has meanwhile become the manager of the sports facility, has now gotten closer to Käte, who promptly became pregnant by him. Kurt tells her that he is looking forward to becoming a father in the near future and of course that he wants to marry her. And so the two eternal bachelors become well-behaved married couples who promise each other to always remain loyal in the future.

Production notes

Men before marriage was created in April and May 1927 in the Terra glass house and in the Mutoskop studio. The film passed the censorship on June 20, 1927 and was premiered on June 22, 1927 in Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo .

Franz Seemann created the film structures, Viktor Skutezky took over the production management . The future film star Käthe von Nagy made her film debut here with a small supporting role.

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