The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 film)
{{Short description|1938 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Man Who Couldn't Say No
| image = The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Mario Camerini
| producer = Alberto Giacalone
| based_on = {{based on
| 1 = {{ill|Ma non è una cosa seria (play)|lt=Ma non è una cosa seria|it|Ma non è una cosa seria (Pirandello)}} (play)
| 2 = Luigi Pirandello
}}
| writer = {{ubl|Mario Camerini|Werner Finck|Karl Lerbs}}
| starring = {{ubl|Karl Ludwig Diehl|Karin Hardt|Leo Slezak}}
| music = {{ubl|Walter Kollo|Alfred Strasser}}
| cinematography = Werner Bohne
| editing = René Métain
| studio = Itala Film
| distributor = Siegel-Monopolfilm
| released = {{film date|1938|2|1|df=y}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
}}
The Man Who Couldn't Say No ({{langx|de|Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann}}) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film But It's Nothing Serious also directed by Camerini.{{sfn|Nichols|Bazzoni|p=xxiv}} It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.
Plot
German version of the Italian film Ma Non È Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Memmo Speranza
- Karin Hardt as Gasperina
- Leo Slezak as Barranco
- Werner Finck as Lamanna
- Frauke Lauterbach as Elsa
- Hilde Krüger as Marguerite
- Charlott Daudert as Loletta
- Georgia Lind as Mathilde
- Erik von Loewis as Giulio, Elsas Bruder
- Olga Engl as Theresa, Elsas Mutter
- {{ill|Hans Stock|de|Hans Stock (Schauspieler)}} as Andreas, Elsas Vater
- Erwin Biegel as Giovanni, Diener Memmos
- Else Valery as Luisa, Haushälterin
- Eduard von Winterstein as Colonel, Mathildes Vater
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Grizoffi, Pensionsgast
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Virgadamo, Pensiongast
- {{ill|Margarete Sachse|de}} as Lehrerin, Pensiongast
- Irene Margot as Sängerin
- Josef Reithofer as Arzt
}}
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Nichols|Bazzoni}} | first1 = Nina daVinci | last1 = Nichols | first2 = Jana O'Keefe | last2 = Bazzoni | title = Pirandello and Film | publisher = University of Nebraska Press | year = 1995 | location = Lincoln | isbn = 978-0-8032-3336-2 }}
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0451808}}
{{Mario Camerini}}
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Category:1938 romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Mario Camerini
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:Remakes of Italian films
Category:German romantic comedy films
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello
Category:Films shot at Halensee Studios
Category:German-language romantic comedy films
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