The Schimeck Family (German: Familie Schimek) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by E.W. Emo and starring Hans Moser, Käthe Haack and Hilde Schneider.Bock & Bergfelder p.518 It was shot at Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.60 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Heinrich Richter. It is based on the play The Schimek Family by Gustaf Kadelburg, previously adapted into a 1926 silent film and later into a 1957 Austrian film.
Synopsis In Berlin in 1908, three children go to live with their aunt and uncle after the death of their father.
Cast Hans Moser as Ludwig Schigl Käthe Haack as Frau Schimek Hilde Schneider as Hedwig, ihre Nichte Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Franz Baumann, Tischlergeselle Grethe Weiser as Cilli Kaltenbach Fritz Odemar as Anton Kaltenbach Cecile Gehlers as Ilse, Cillis Freundin Wilhelm Bendow as Weigel, Kaltenbachs Kompagnon Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender Heinrich Schroth as Der Staatsanwalt Philipp Manning as Der Justizrat Hans Sternberg as Friesecke, Droschkenkutscher Günther Großkopf as Willi, Hedwigs Neffe Horst Teetzmann as Franzl, Hedwigs Neffe Egon Brosig as Tänzer Ernst Reißig a Pasternak, Theaterportier Margarete Hoffmann as Garderobiere
References
Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996. Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
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