Hurrah! I'm a Father
{{Short description|1939 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hurrah! I'm a Father
| image =Hurrah! I'm a Father.jpg
| caption =
| director = Kurt Hoffmann
| producer =
| writer = Thea von Harbou
| starring = {{ubl|Heinz Rühmann|Albert Florath|Ursula Grabley|Carola Höhn}}
| music = Hans Lang
| cinematography = Oskar Schnirch
| editing = Helmuth Schönnenbeck
| studio = {{ubl|Cine-Allianz Tonfilm|UFA}}
| distributor =
| released ={{film date|1939|11|16|df=y}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Hurrah! I'm a Father or Hurrah! I'm a Papa ({{langx|de|Hurra, ich bin Papa}}) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Albert Florath, and Carola Höhn.{{sfn|Hake|p=98}}
It was shot at the Marienfelde and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.
Synopsis
Peter, an underachieving student with a slightly debauched lifestyle, ignores his wealthy farmer father's attempts to get him to reform. He is forced to change his ways when someone leaves a child in his apartment with a note saying that he is the child's father. He hires a young woman to work as the child's nurse, not realizing that she is really the child's mother.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Heinz Rühmann as Student Peter Ohlsen
- Albert Florath as Ludwig Ohlsen
- Walter Schuller as Hänschen Ohlsen
- Carola Höhn as Kindergärtnerin Kathrin Gebhardt
- Ursula Grabley as Nina
- Marianne Stanior as Charlott
- Hansi Arnstaedt as Hausdame Frau Koch
- Bruno Fritz as Chauffeur Willi
- Ilse Stobrawa as Margret
- Ludwig Schmitz as Wirt Lütjohann
- Wolf Ackva as Freund von Peter
- Sophie Cieslak as Freundin von Peter
- Wolfgang Keppler as Freund von Peter
- Marianne Kiwitt as Freundin von Peter
- Eberhard Leithoff as Freund von Peter
- Karin Luesebrink as Freundin von Peter
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Freund von Peter
- Rudolf Schündler as Freund von Peter
- Ursula Ulrich as Freundin von Peter
- Olga Limburg as Olga Limburg
- Karl Jüstel as Chauffeur bei Ludwig Ohlsen
- Michael von Newlinsky as Oberkellner
- Willi Witte as Kellner im Hotelsaal
- Christa Dilthey as Kindermädchen
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Hake}} | last = Hake | first = Sabine | title = Popular Cinema of the Third Reich | publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2001 | location = Austin | isbn = 978-0-292-73458-6 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0031456}}
{{Thea von Harbou}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Category:Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Hans Lang
Category:Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Category:Films shot at Terra Studios
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