Little Man, What Now? (1933 film)

Little Man, What Now? (German: Kleiner Mann – was nun?) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hermann Thimig, Hertha Thiele and Viktor de Kowa.

Little Man, What Now?
Directed byFritz Wendhausen
Produced byRobert Neppach
Written by
Starring
Music byHarald Böhmelt
CinematographyEwald Daub
Edited byHerbert Selpin
Production
company
R.N.-Filmproduktion
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 3 August 1933 (1933-08-03)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hans Fallada. The original concept for the film was to take a naturalistic approach, the same way the novel did, with Kurt Weill composing the music. Fallada had already remarked in 1932, after falling out with the producers and script writers, that the film had little to do with his novel, and that the script writers "would take a different approach,"[1] which they did. The Nazi Film Review Office insisted on extensive cuts, including all scenes featuring the Comedian Harmonists.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schiller and Otto Guelstorff. Location shooting took place around Swinemünde.

It was well received by contemporary critics, many of whom considered it the best German film of 1933. A separate American film adaptation of Fallada's novel, Little Man, What Now?, was released in 1934.[2]

Cast
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gollark: The 4 is probably 8 times as powerful.
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References
  1. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, 29. September 1932, Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaften Franke & Co., Berlin 1932.
  2. Sadoul & Morris p. 195

Bibliography
  • Sadoul, Georges (1972). Morris, Peter (ed.). Dictionary of Films. Translated by Morris, Peter. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02152-5.
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