Gretel Wins First Prize Explained

Gretel Wins First Prize
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Director:	Carl Boese
Producer:	Gustav Althoff
Music:	Gustav Althoff Hans Carste
Cinematography:	Willy Hameister
Editing:	Hilde Grebner
Studio:	Aco-Film
Country:	Germany
Language:	German

Gretel Wins First Prize (de|'''Gretel zieht das große Los''') is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lucie Englisch, Leopold von Ledebur and Jakob Tiedtke.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Synopsis

A young woman pretends to have won first prize in a lottery in an effort to boost her dreams of a career in radio.

Cast

• Lucie Englisch as Gretel Schmidt, saleswoman
• Leopold von Ledebur as her boss
• Jakob Tiedtke as his uncle
• Hans Brausewetter as Willy Zinsler, pianist
• Hilde Hildebrand as Gerda, his divorced wife
• Walter Steinbeck as Herklotz, banker
• Margarete Kupfer as Frau Müller, Gretel's landlady
• Josefine Dora as Aufwartefrau
• Wilhelm Gerber as second musician
• Gertrud Boll as Gretel's girlfriend
• Herti Kirchner as Gretel's girlfriend
• Tilly Spatz as Gretel's girlfriend
• Hans Joachim Schaufuß as apprentice
• Ernst Behmer
• Alexander Bender as first musician
• Harry Berber
• Fred Goebel
• Heinz Klingenberg
• Georg Schmieter
• Grethe Weiser

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

Notes and References

1. Book: James Robert Parish

   . James Robert. Parish. James Robert Parish. Kingsley. Canham. Film Directors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press. 1976. 27. 0810809087. registration.