The Day After the Divorce

{{short description|1938 film directed by Paul Verhoeven}} {{Infobox film | name =The Day After the Divorce | image =File:The Day After the Divorce.jpeg | caption = | director = [[Paul Verhoeven (German director)|Paul Verhoeven]] | producer = [[Gerhard Staab]] | writer = [[Wilhelm Ehlers]] [[Wolf Neumeister]] Paul Verhoeven | based_on = ''The Day After the Divorce'' by Karl Bachmann | starring =[[Luise Ullrich]] [[Johannes Riemann]] [[Hans Söhnker]] [[Hilde Hildebrand]] | music = [[Walter Kollo]] | cinematography = [[Friedl Behn-Grund]] | editing = [[Walter von Bonhorst]] | studio = Meteor Film [[Tobis Film]] | distributor = Tobis Film | released ={{film date|1938|9|9|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Day After the Divorce''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der Tag nach der Scheidung'''}}) is a 1938 German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Paul Verhoeven (German director)|Paul Verhoeven]] and starring [[Luise Ullrich]], [[Johannes Riemann]], [[Hans Söhnker]] and [[Hilde Hildebrand]].<ref>Nash & Ross p.580</ref><ref>Klaus p.196</ref> It was shot at the [[Johannisthal Studios]] in [[Berlin]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Karl Weber (art director)|Karl Weber]] and [[Erich Zander (art director)|Erich Zander]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-tag-nach-der-scheidung_0d1e0297bb304c1cb8d99d84a38b7576</ref>

==Synopsis== Feeling that his wife doesn't appreciate him enough Georg Romberg gets a [[divorce]] from Bettina, his eye caught by the [[cabaret]] [[singer]] Susi Lang. Bettina still harbours feelings for Georg so when she runs into the [[aircraft engineer]], Julian who is about to fly off to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], she decides to use him to make her ex-husband jealous. Throughout the day after their divorce Georg and Bettina keep being thrust together. Just as Georg realises he was wrong to leave her for the unreliable Susi, Bettina agrees to accepts Julian's offer to accompany her abroad. Then Georg turns up at her apartment as she is packing her [[luggage]] to depart.

==Cast== * [[Luise Ullrich]] as Bettina Romberg * [[Johannes Riemann]] as Georg Romberg * [[Hans Söhnker]] as Julian Bork, Sportflieger * [[Hilde Hildebrand]] as Susi Lang * [[Käthe Haack]] as Sabine, Bettinas Haushälterin * [[Arthur Schröder]] as Eddy, Operettenbuffo * [[Ewald Wenck]] as Rehwagen, Zeichner bei Romberg * [[Werner Pledath]] as Dr. Merkel, Rombergs Rechtsanwalt * [[Wilfried Seyferth]] as Max Pleschke, Angestellter bei Romberg * [[Gerhard Dammann]] as Der Gerichtsdiener * [[Ursula Herking]] as Die Kellnerin * [[Gustav Püttjer]] as Der Hausknecht * [[Ernst Legal]] as Der Wirt * [[Hans Nerking]] as Der Brautvater * [[Heinrich Marlow]] as Konsul Faber * [[Ferenc Bókay]] as Der Bräutigam * [[Gerda Maria Berlit]] as Die Braut * [[Carl Jönsson]] as Der Gerichtsvorsitzende * [[Paul Hildebrandt]] as Bettinas Rechtsanwalt * [[Paul Verhoeven (German director)|Paul Verhoeven]] as Der Mechaniker bei Bork * [[Michael von Newlinsky]] as Ein Kellner * [[Angelo Ferrari]] as Ein Gast im Yachtclub * [[Käthe Jöken-König]] as Die Sekretärin bei Georg Romberg

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Bock, Hans-Michael. ''Die Tobis 1928-1945: eine kommentierte Filmografie''. Edition Text + Kritik, 2003. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Nash, Jay Robert & Ross, Stanley Ralph. ''The Motion Picture Guide: Volumes 1-10''. Cinebooks, 1986.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0030828}}

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