What Men Know

What Men Know
Directed byGerhard Lamprecht
Written byHanns H. Fischer
Hertha von Gebhardt
Produced byBruno Duday
Eduard Kubat
StarringHans Brausewetter
Erwin Kalser
Toni van Eyck
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Edited byMilo Harbich
Music byEduard Künneke
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 11 January 1933 (1933-01-11)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

What Men Know (German: Was wissen denn Männer) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.[1][2] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was remade as the Swedish film What Do Men Know? the same year.

Synopsis

A young woman from the country has a relationship with a travelling salesman who then abandons her. When she falls pregnant from the affair it causes a local scandal.

Cast

Release

Leo Brecher attempted to release the film in the United States under the title Hertha's Awakening (Herthas Erwachen), but it was banned in New York.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rentschler p.281
  2. ^ Kreimeier p.218
  3. ^ Waldman 2008, p. 37.

Works cited

  • Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.

Bibliography

  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.


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