Women's Regiment (German: Weiberregiment) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Erika von Thellmann and Oskar Sima.Bock & Bergfelder p.399Weinstein p.44 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Bischofswiesen and Berchtesgaden. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Max Mellin.
Synopsis In the Bavarian Alps the attractive young Rosl is the heir to the Zacherlbräu brewery, but finds a hostile reception from the male workforce. Even Alois the brewmaster who is in love with Rosl thinks she does not belong working there. However the intervention of her aunt Cilli leads to a dramatic shift, all the male workers are fired and replace by females. The men chafe against this new "Monstruous Regiment of women". Cilli who seeks to retain control of the farm, sends for her brother Ignaz so that he can marry Rosl and keep the management in their hands. This scheme is uncovered and Alois returns.
Cast Heli Finkenzeller as Rosl Erika von Thellmann as Cilli Samhaber Oskar Sima as Ignaz Hermann Erhardt as Alois, Bräumeister Beppo Brem as Seppl, Koch Erna Fentsch as Vroni, Magd Hella Graf as Theres, Magd Ursula Junghann as Gusti, Magd Lieselott Klingler as Annamirl, Magd Luise Löhr as Mari, Magd Theodolinde Müller as Urschi, Magd Herma Relin as Zenzi, Magd Franz Loskarn as Beni, Knecht Herbert Spalke as Pankraz, Knecht Hans Schneider as Wastl, Knecht Fritz Bölke as Lampert, Knecht Theodor Danegger as Korbinian, Faktotum
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Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Co, 2008. Weinstein, Valerie. Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany. Indiana University Press, 2019.
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