Catherine the Last
{{Infobox film
| name = Catherine the Last
| image = Catherine the Last.jpg
| caption =Hans Holt and Franciska Gaal
| director = Henry Koster
| producer = Joe Pasternak
| writer = Sándor Hunyady (short story)
Károly Nóti
Felix Jackson
| narrator =
| starring = Franciska Gaal
Hans Holt
Hans Olden
Otto Wallburg
| music = Nicholas Brodszky
Hans J. Salter
| cinematography = Theodore J. Pahle
| editing = Viktor Gertler
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1936|08|30|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = Austria
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Catherine the Last ({{langx|de|Katharina, die Letzte}}) is a 1936 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt and Hans Olden.Bock & Bergfelder p.257 It was made by the Austrian subsidiary of Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. After making the film, Koster moved to Hollywood] In 1938, the film was remade in America as The Girl Downstairs with Gaal reprising her role.
Synopsis
After Hans is frustrated in his attempts to see his girlfriend Sybill by her overprotective father, who is a business tycoon father, he attempts to gain entry into the house by romancing the family's kitchen maid. At first, he simply uses her as a ruse, but he eventually falls in love with her.
Cast
- Franciska Gaal as Katharina, Kitchen maid
- Hans Holt as Hans von Gerstikow
- Hans Olden as Eduard, Hans' friend
- Otto Wallburg as Sixtus Braun, Big industrialist
- Dorothy Poole as Sybill Braun
- Eduard Linkers as Steinschneider, Braun's secretary
- Ernő Verebes as Tobby, Hans' servant
- Adrienne Gessner as Berta, cook
- Fritz Imhoff as Bubs, car salesman
- Adolf E. Licho as Excellency
- Georg Schmieter as Fireman
- Sigurd Lohde as Police inspector
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
- Paul Morgan as Stephan, waiter
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0026560}}
{{Henry Koster}}
Category:Austrian romantic comedy films
Category:Austrian black-and-white films
Category:1936 romantic comedy films
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Henry Koster
Category:Films produced by Joe Pasternak
Category:Films scored by Hans J. Salter
Category:Films scored by Nicholas Brodszky
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films based on works by Sándor Hunyady
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