# Modern Dowry

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1932 film

Modern Dowry German film poster German Moderne Mitgift Directed by E. W. Emo Written by Bobby E. Lüthge Fritz Rotter Produced by Felix Pfitzner Ilja Salkind Starring Mártha Eggerth Georg Alexander Leo Slezak Cinematography Otto Kanturek Bruno Timm Edited by Ernst Ensink Music by Hans May Production company T. K. Tonfilm-Produktion Distributed by Paramount-Film Release date 31 August 1932 (1932-08-31) Running time 83 minutes Country Germany Language German

***Modern Dowry*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Moderne Mitgift***) is a 1932 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [E. W. Emo](/source/E._W._Emo) and starring [Mártha Eggerth](/source/M%C3%A1rtha_Eggerth), [Georg Alexander](/source/Georg_Alexander), and [Leo Slezak](/source/Leo_Slezak).[1] It was shot at the [Johannisthal Studios](/source/Johannisthal_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Otto Hunte](/source/Otto_Hunte).[2]

## Cast

- [Mártha Eggerth](/source/M%C3%A1rtha_Eggerth) as Evelyne

- [Georg Alexander](/source/Georg_Alexander) as Georg Helmbach

- [Leo Slezak](/source/Leo_Slezak)

- [Hans Brausewetter](/source/Hans_Brausewetter) as Fred Keller

- [Trude Berliner](/source/Trude_Berliner) as Molly Barun

- [Erich Kestin](/source/Erich_Kestin) as Otto, handyman

- [Hermann Blaß](/source/Hermann_Bla%C3%9F) as Veltheim, jeweller

- [Theo Lingen](/source/Theo_Lingen) as Brömmel, car salesman

- Johanna Ewald

- [Emmy Wyda](/source/Emmy_Wyda)

- [Ernst Behmer](/source/Ernst_Behmer)

- [Arthur Bergen](/source/Arthur_Bergen)

- Bruno Lopinski

- Heinrich Marlow

- [Ernst Pröckl](/source/Ernst_Pr%C3%B6ckl)

- [Hans Hermann Schaufuß](/source/Hans_Hermann_Schaufu%C3%9F)

- Jazz-Harmonists as Chamber music

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). p. 290. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1571816550](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1571816550). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [j.ctt1x76dm6](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x76dm6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Klaus p.163

## Bibliography

- Klaus, Ulrich J. *Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932*. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

## External links

- [*Modern Dowry*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130125/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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