The Big Chance
German film poster
German	Die große Chance
Directed by	Victor Janson
Written by	Alfred Möller (play) Hans Lorenz (play) Peter Francke
Produced by	Max G. Hüske
Starring	Hansi Niese Hans Söhnker Jakob Tiedtke
Cinematography	Bruno Timm
Edited by	Roger von Norman
Music by	Will Meisel
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	31 March 1934 (1934-03-31)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Big Chance (German: Die große Chance) is a 1934 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Hansi Niese, Hans Söhnker and Jakob Tiedtke. It is part of the tradition of operetta films.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bruno Lutz.

• Hansi Niese as Lenchen Menzel
• Hans Söhnker as Thomas, his son
• Jakob Tiedtke as Oskar Borke, retired border guard
• Walter Steinbeck as Ullmann, general manager
• Camilla Horn as Helga, their daughter
• Trude Hesterberg as Renate Rodenbeck
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Georg, ihr Sohn
• Alfred Haase as Max Wellhagen, employee at Ullmann-Werke
• Werner Schott as Hans Raschdorf, chief engineer
• Paul Henckels as Otto Meckeritz, office manager
• Hans Nerking as C.P. Engelmann, Frackverleiher

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

• The Big Chance at IMDb

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