# The Old Boss

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1942 film

The Old Boss Directed by Peter Paul Brauer Written by Eberhard Keindorff Wolf Neumeister Based on Seine Majestät Gustav Krause by Erich Kästner Produced by Alf Teichs Walter Tost Starring Otto Wernicke Hildegard Grethe Werner Fuetterer Cinematography Robert Baberske Edited by Ira Oberberg Music by Hans Ebert Production company Terra Film Distributed by Deutsche Filmvertriebs Release date 27 November 1942 (1942-11-27) Running time 83 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Old Boss*** (German: ***Der Seniorchef***) is a 1942 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Peter Paul Brauer](/source/Peter_Paul_Brauer) and starring [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke), [Hildegard Grethe](/source/Hildegard_Grethe) and [Werner Fuetterer](/source/Werner_Fuetterer).[1][2] It was shot at the [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Potsdam](/source/Potsdam) and [Bad Wiessee](/source/Bad_Wiessee) in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) Gerhard Ladner and [Max Mellin](/source/Max_Mellin).[3]

## Cast

- [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter

- [Hildegard Grethe](/source/Hildegard_Grethe) as Martha von Schulte

- [Werner Fuetterer](/source/Werner_Fuetterer) as Konrad von Schulte

- [Heinz Welzel](/source/Heinz_Welzel) as Robert von Schulte

- [Rolf Weih](/source/Rolf_Weih) as Hermann von Schulte

- [Karin Himboldt](/source/Karin_Himboldt) as Helene von Schulte

- [Max Gülstorff](/source/Max_G%C3%BClstorff) as Ludwig Goerner

- [Helmi Mareich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmi_Mareich&action=edit&redlink=1) as Margot Winkelmann

- [Helmuth Helsig](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmuth_Helsig&action=edit&redlink=1) as Fritz Bodenstedt

- [Jeanette Bethge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeanette_Bethge&action=edit&redlink=1) as Emma

- [Maria Litto](/source/Maria_Litto) as Lisbeth

- [Leopold von Ledebur](/source/Leopold_von_Ledebur) as Dr. Schneider

- [Ernst Stimmel](/source/Ernst_Stimmel) as Professor im Sanatorium

- [Hilde Jansen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hilde_Jansen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Hilde, Krankenschwester

- [Lotte Rausch](/source/Lotte_Rausch) as Grete Nowak

- [Karl Hannemann](/source/Karl_Hannemann) as Paul, Stallknecht

- [Otto Braml](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_Braml&action=edit&redlink=1) as Oskar, Stallknecht

- [Gunnar Möller](/source/Gunnar_M%C3%B6ller) as Willy, Stalljunge

- [Günther Ballier](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Ballier) as Loistelli

- [Albert Florath](/source/Albert_Florath) as Pietsch, Droschkenkutscher

- [Fanny Schrock-Normann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fanny_Schrock-Normann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Frau Pietsch

- [Oskar Höcker](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oskar_H%C3%B6cker_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Wendland, Pferdehändler

- [Leo Peukert](/source/Leo_Peukert) as Karsten, Pferdehändler

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p.236

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Moeller p.112

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-seniorchef_6cb32889060646bcb0074e635b67d493](https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-seniorchef_6cb32889060646bcb0074e635b67d493)

## Bibliography

- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

- Moeller, Felix. *The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich*. Edition Axel Menges, 2000.

## External links

- [*The Old Boss*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158932/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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