Men Are That Way

{{Short description|1939 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Men Are That Way |image = Men Are That Way.jpg |caption = Film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Männer müssen so sein}} |director = [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] |producer = [[Walter Tost]] |writer = Hans Joachim Beyer [[Peter Kirsten (writer)|Peter Kirsten]] |based_on = {{Based on|''Men Are That Way''|Heinrich Seiler}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Waldman|first=Harry|title=Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2008|isbn=978-0786438617}} {{Page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref> |starring = [[Hertha Feiler]] [[Hans Söhnker]] [[Hans Olden]] |music = [[Michael Jary]] |cinematography = [[Ewald Daub]] |editing = [[Helmuth Schönnenbeck]] |studio = [[Terra Film]] |distributor = Terra Film |released = {{Film date|1939|3|16|df=y}} |runtime = 100 minutes |country = Germany |language = German }} '''''Men Are That Way''''' ({{langx|de|'''Männer müssen so sein'''}}) is a 1939 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] and starring [[Hertha Feiler]], [[Hans Söhnker]] and [[Hans Olden]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|page=216|year=2009|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake|first1=Sabine|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }}</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Willi Herrmann]]. It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as ''[[Arena of Fear]]'' (1959).

==Plot== An attractive female dance student becomes involved in the [[circus]] world, falls in love and takes it up professionally.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Hertha Feiler]] as Beatrice Rasmussen *[[Hans Söhnker]] as Ruda, Dompteur *[[Hans Olden]] as Cameron, Kunstschütze *[[Paul Hörbiger]] as Dody, Musik-Clown

... and in alphabetical order: *[[Lída Baarová]] *James Bachert as Negerjunge *[[Günther Ballier]] as detective commissioner *[[Walter Bechmann]] as Ein Freund Karl Rasmussens *Kurt Bierbaum as Zirkusangestellter *[[Fritz Böttger]] as Pinelli *Elma Czell as Daisy, Trapezartistin *[[Charlott Daudert]] as Frieda *Jac Diehl as Zirkusangestellter *Mia Elmenhorst as Program seller *Max Harry Ernst as Circus employee *[[Arthur Fritz Eugens]] as Willi - Dody's son *Han Fongkeng as Tierwärter Shing *[[Karl Harbacher]] as Humphrey *[[Mohamed Husen]] as Ein Gast im Lokal *Hilla Höfer as Ursula *[[Victor Janson]] as Gerlach, Zirkus-Regisseur *Käthe Jöken-König as Elsie Meyer, Friedas Zimmervermieterin *Alfred Karen as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt *Josef Keim as Kren, Zirkusdirektor *[[Maria Loja]] as Kantinenwirtin *Paul Luka as Raubtierwärter *[[Günther Lüders]] as Franz *Die Metropol Vocalisten as Singers *[[Karl-Heinz Peters]] as Dr. Kramer, Zirkusarzt *[[Ilse Petri]] as Direktions-Sekretärin *[[Klaus Pohl (actor)|Klaus Pohl]] as Karusselbesitzer *[[Gustav Püttjer]] as Plakatverteiler *Ferdinand Robert as Logengast *[[Ernst G. Schiffner]] as Rolf Hinz *[[Margarete Schön]] as Frau Petersen *[[Hans Stiebner]] as Der spanische Zirkusartist mit der Clownnummer *Egon Stief as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt *Theo Stolzenberg as Direktor der Friedrichshallen *[[Georg Tressler]] as student *Albert Venohr as Kriminalkommissar *Edith von Donat as ballerina *Christine von Trümbach *Fredy Walden as Zuschauer bei Camerons letztem Auftritt *[[Hansi Wendler]] as ballerina *Max Wilmsen as Wirt *Eugen Wolff as Band Leader *[[Erich Ziegel]] as Rasmussen, Beatrice's father }}

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[[Category:1939 drama films]] [[Category:German drama films]] [[Category:Films of Nazi Germany]] [[Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] [[Category:Films based on German novels]] [[Category:Circus films]] [[Category:Terra Film films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:1939 German films]] [[Category:1939 German-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Michael Jary]] [[Category:German-language drama films]]