What Am I Without You
{{Short description|1934 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = What Am I Without You
|image = What Am I Without You.jpg
|caption = German film poster
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Was bin ich ohne Dich}}
|director = Arthur Maria Rabenalt
|producer = Frank Clifford
Oskar Han
|writer = Carl Echtermeier
Thea von Harbou
|starring = Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Betty Bird
Olga Chekhova
|music = Will Meisel
|cinematography = Herbert Körner
|editing = Willy Zeunert
|studio = Lloyd-Film
|distributor = Neue Deutsch Lichtspiel-Syndikat Verleih
|released = {{Film date|1934|8|24|df=yes}}
|runtime = 80 minutes
|country = Germany
|language = German
}}
What Am I Without You ({{langx|de|Was bin ich ohne Dich}}) is a 1934 German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Betty Bird, and Olga Chekhova.{{cite book|last=Rentschler|first=Eric|title=The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife|publisher=Harvard University Press|page=284|year=1996|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=0674576403}}
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer, Alexander Mügge and Walter Reimann. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Erwin Schwarz, Komponist
- Betty Bird as Paula Schwarz, genannt Polly, seine Frau
- Olga Chekhova as Lilly Petrowa, Schauspielerin
- Paul Westermeier as Ulrich, Direktor der Fortuna-Film A.G.
- Blandine Ebinger as Fräulein Mengler
- Rudolf Platte as Franz Hurtig, Schriftsteller
- Harry Frank as Juan Herdina
- Fita Benkhoff as Frau Winkler
- Willi Schaeffers as Schwanke, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Viktor de Kowa as himself
- Werner Fuetterer as himself
- Werner Finck as himself
- Paul Richter as himself
- Will Meisel as Singer-Bandleader
- Eliza Illiard as herself / Singer
- Hilde Weissner as herself
- Erna Morena as herself
- Lissy Arna as herself
- Maria Loja as herself
- Anna Müller-Lincke as herself
- Tina Schneider as herself
- Betty Sedlmayr as herself
- Ernst Behmer as himself
- Günther Ballier as himself
- Otto Sauter-Sarto as himself
- Wolfgang von Schwind as himself
- S. O. Schoening as himself
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0025960}}
{{Arthur Maria Rabenalt}}
{{Thea von Harbou}}
Category:1934 musical comedy films
Category:German musical comedy films
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou
Category:Films scored by Will Meisel
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