# Men Are That Way > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Men_Are_That_Way > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Men_Are_That_Way.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Are_That_Way > Source revision: 1352960011 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1939 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Men Are That Way Film poster German Männer müssen so sein Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Written by Hans Joachim Beyer Peter Kirsten Based on Men Are That Way by Heinrich Seiler [1] Produced by Walter Tost Starring Hertha Feiler Hans Söhnker Hans Olden Cinematography Ewald Daub Edited by Helmuth Schönnenbeck Music by Michael Jary Production company Terra Film Distributed by Terra Film Release date 16 March 1939 (1939-03-16) Running time 100 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Men Are That Way*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Männer müssen so sein***) is a 1939 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Arthur Maria Rabenalt](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt) and starring [Hertha Feiler](/source/Hertha_Feiler), [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) and [Hans Olden](/source/Hans_Olden).[2] The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Willi Herrmann](/source/Willi_Herrmann). It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as *[Arena of Fear](/source/Arena_of_Fear)* (1959). ## Plot An attractive female dance student becomes involved in the [circus](/source/Circus) world, falls in love and takes it up professionally. ## Cast - [Hertha Feiler](/source/Hertha_Feiler) as Beatrice Rasmussen - [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) as Ruda, Dompteur - [Hans Olden](/source/Hans_Olden) as Cameron, Kunstschütze - [Paul Hörbiger](/source/Paul_H%C3%B6rbiger) as Dody, Musik-Clown ... and in alphabetical order: - [Lída Baarová](/source/L%C3%ADda_Baarov%C3%A1) - James Bachert as Negerjunge - [Günther Ballier](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Ballier) as detective commissioner - [Walter Bechmann](/source/Walter_Bechmann) as Ein Freund Karl Rasmussens - Kurt Bierbaum as Zirkusangestellter - [Fritz Böttger](/source/Fritz_B%C3%B6ttger) as Pinelli - Elma Czell as Daisy, Trapezartistin - [Charlott Daudert](/source/Charlott_Daudert) as Frieda - Jac Diehl as Zirkusangestellter - Mia Elmenhorst as Program seller - Max Harry Ernst as Circus employee - [Arthur Fritz Eugens](/source/Arthur_Fritz_Eugens) as Willi - Dody's son - Han Fongkeng as Tierwärter Shing - [Karl Harbacher](/source/Karl_Harbacher) as Humphrey - [Mohamed Husen](/source/Mohamed_Husen) as Ein Gast im Lokal - Hilla Höfer as Ursula - [Victor Janson](/source/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](/source/Maria_Loja) as Kantinenwirtin - Paul Luka as Raubtierwärter - [Günther Lüders](/source/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCders) as Franz - Die Metropol Vocalisten as Singers - [Karl-Heinz Peters](/source/Karl-Heinz_Peters) as Dr. Kramer, Zirkusarzt - [Ilse Petri](/source/Ilse_Petri) as Direktions-Sekretärin - [Klaus Pohl](/source/Klaus_Pohl_(actor)) as Karusselbesitzer - [Gustav Püttjer](/source/Gustav_P%C3%BCttjer) as Plakatverteiler - Ferdinand Robert as Logengast - [Ernst G. Schiffner](/source/Ernst_G._Schiffner) as Rolf Hinz - [Margarete Schön](/source/Margarete_Sch%C3%B6n) as Frau Petersen - [Hans Stiebner](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hansi_Wendler) as ballerina - Max Wilmsen as Wirt - Eugen Wolff as Band Leader - [Erich Ziegel](/source/Erich_Ziegel) as Rasmussen, Beatrice's father ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Waldman, Harry (2008). *Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942*. [McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786438617](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786438617). [*[page needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hake, Sabine (2009). [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). p. 216. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6](https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctt1x76dm6). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1571816559](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1571816559). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [j.ctt1x76dm6](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x76dm6). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [252868046](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:252868046). ## External links - [*Men Are That Way*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031707/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt What Am I Without You (1934) Pappi (1934) The Love of the Maharaja (1936) Men Are That Way (1939) Escape in the Dark (1939) Midsummer Night's Fire (1939) The Three Codonas (1940) Achtung! Feind hört mit! 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