# The Young Count

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1935  film

The Young Count Directed by Carl Lamac Written by Dinah Nelken Hans H. Zerlett Produced by Robert Leistenschneider Artur Hohenberg Alfred Zeisler Carl Lamac Anny Ondra Starring Anny Ondra Hans Söhnker Fritz Odemar Cinematography Otto Heller Otto Martini Edited by Ella Ensink Music by Leo Leux Production companies Ondra-Lamac-Film UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 9 December 1935 (1935-12-09) Running time 91 minutes Countries Czechoslovakia Germany Language German

***The Young Count*** (German: ***Der junge Graf***) is a 1935 Czech-German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Carl Lamac](/source/Carl_Lamac) and starring [Anny Ondra](/source/Anny_Ondra), [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) and [Fritz Odemar](/source/Fritz_Odemar).[1] It is set around the [circus](/source/Circus),[2] part of a subgenre of [Circus films](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Circus_films&action=edit&redlink=1). It was shot at the [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Wilhelm Depenau](/source/Wilhelm_Depenau) and [Erich Zander](/source/Erich_Zander_(art_director)).

## Cast

- [Anny Ondra](/source/Anny_Ondra) as Billy

- [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) as Hans Flint

- [Fritz Odemar](/source/Fritz_Odemar) as Josua

- [Hans Junkermann](/source/Hans_Junkermann_(actor)) as Graf Prießnitz

- [Jakob Tiedtke](/source/Jakob_Tiedtke) as Notar

- [Karl Platen](/source/Karl_Platen) as Professor Dodereit

- [Irmgard Novac](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irmgard_Novac&action=edit&redlink=1) as Marianne Dodereit

- [Paul Heidemann](/source/Paul_Heidemann) as Billys Vater

- [Josef Reithofer](/source/Josef_Reithofer) as Hotelportier

- [Lilian Bergo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lilian_Bergo&action=edit&redlink=1) as Schlangenmädchen

- [Walter von Allwoerden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_von_Allwoerden&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Ernst Behmer](/source/Ernst_Behmer) as Zirkusangestellter

- [Erwin Biegel](/source/Erwin_Biegel) as Saxophonspieler

- [Carl Jönsson](/source/Carl_J%C3%B6nsson) as Jäger

- [Paul Rehkopf](/source/Paul_Rehkopf)

- [Peter Lau](/source/Peter_Lau) as Gärtner

- [Heinrich Kalnberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Kalnberg&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Ruth Fischer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Fischer_(actress)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Solotänzerin

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Klaus p.96

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bock & Bergfelder, p. 272

## Bibliography

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

- Klaus, Ulrich J. *Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935*. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

## External links

- [*The Young Count*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031520/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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