Marriage with Limited Liability

{{Short description|1931 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Marriage with Limited Liability | image = Marriage with Limited Liability.jpg | caption = | director = [[Franz Wenzler]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Felix Pfitzner]]|[[Ilja Salkind]]}} |based_on = ''Causa Kaiser'' by Adolf Eisler and Ludwig Stärk | writer = {{ubl|[[Curt J. Braun]]|[[Bobby E. Lüthge]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Charlotte Susa]]|[[Georg Alexander]]|[[Paul Morgan (actor)|Paul Morgan]]}} | music = {{ubl|[[Walter Jurmann]]|[[Bronislau Kaper]]}} | cinematography = [[Carl Drews]] | editing =[[Hermann Haller (film editor)|Hermann Haller]] | studio = T.K. Tonfilm-Produktion | distributor = [[Deutsche Universal-Film]] | released = {{Film date|1931|12|31|df=y}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = {{ubl|Austria|Germany}} | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Marriage with Limited Liability''''' ({{langx|de|'''Ehe mit beschränkter Haftung'''}}) is a 1931 Austrian-German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Franz Wenzler]], and starring [[Charlotte Susa]], [[Georg Alexander]], and [[Paul Morgan (actor)|Paul Morgan]].<ref>Parish p. 397</ref><ref>Klaus p. 44</ref> The film is an adaptation of the popular 1917 play ''Causa Kaiser'' by Adolf Eisler and Ludwig Stärk. It was shot at the [[EFA Studios]] in [[Berlin]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Otto Erdmann (art director)|Otto Erdmann]] and [[Hans Sohnle]]. It was released by the German subsidiary of [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/ehe-mit-beschraenkter-haftung_46b211aae2eb4f7ebbd97f9a8fbce128</ref>

==Synopsis== For years the [[composer]] Georg Kaiser has been involved with his [[singer]] Irene, but never married her as he cannot get a [[divorce]] from his wife. When Irene's wealthy uncle dies he leaves her a fortune only if she is the wife of George Kaiser. Still unable to marry, the couple seize on a leaflet loophole - she would simply marry another man whose name is George Kaiser. They select a naive, [[office clerk]] who is swept off his feet by Irene without realising it is only a [[marriage of convenience]].

==Cast== * [[Charlotte Susa]] as Irene Kaiser * [[Georg Alexander]] as Dr. Wender, Lawyer * [[Paul Morgan (actor)|Paul Morgan]] as Sr. Springer, Lawyer * [[Hans Moser (actor)|Hans Moser]] as Georg Kaiser II., Bürovorsteher * [[Rosa Valetti]] * [[Werner Fuetterer]] as Georg Kaiser I. * [[Trude Brionne]] as Hühnerbein * [[Tamara Desni]] * [[Anita Mey]] * [[Walter Steinbeck]] as Judge * [[Edwin Jürgensen]] as Kabarettdirektor * [[Gerhard Dammann]] as Gerichtsdiener

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * {{cite book | first = James Robert | last = Parish | title = Film Actors Guide: Western Europe | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 1977 | isbn = 978-0-8108-1044-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/filmactorsguide0000pari }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0021832}}

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