# We Danced Around the World > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/We_Danced_Around_the_World > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/We_Danced_Around_the_World.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Danced_Around_the_World > Source revision: 1329433070 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1939 film We Danced Around the World German film poster German Wir tanzen um die Welt Directed by Karl Anton Written by Willy Kollo Felix von Eckardt Produced by Heinrich Jonen Starring Charlotte Thiele Irene von Meyendorff Carola Höhn Cinematography Herbert Körner Edited by René Métain Music by Willy Kollo Production company Tobis Film Distributed by Tobis Film Release date 22 December 1939 (1939-12-22) Running time 96 minutes Country Germany Language German ***We Danced Around the World*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Wir tanzen um die Welt***) is a 1939 German [musical film](/source/Musical_film) directed by [Karl Anton](/source/Karl_Anton) and starring [Charlotte Thiele](/source/Charlotte_Thiele), [Irene von Meyendorff](/source/Irene_von_Meyendorff), and [Carola Höhn](/source/Carola_H%C3%B6hn). It is a [backstage musical](/source/Backstage_musical).[1] The film's sets were designed by [Paul Markwitz](/source/Paul_Markwitz) and [Fritz Maurischat](/source/Fritz_Maurischat). ## Cast - [Charlotte Thiele](/source/Charlotte_Thiele) as Captain-Girl Norma - [Irene von Meyendorff](/source/Irene_von_Meyendorff) as Eva - [Carola Höhn](/source/Carola_H%C3%B6hn) as Sylvia - [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) as Harvey Swington - [Harald Paulsen](/source/Harald_Paulsen) as Torstone, agent - [Lucie Höflich](/source/Lucie_H%C3%B6flich) as Jenny Hill - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Jonny Hester, agency owner - [Ruth Eweler](/source/Ruth_Eweler) as Margrit - [Charlott Daudert](/source/Charlott_Daudert) as Olly - [Edith Oß](/source/Edith_O%C3%9F) as Reni - [Edith Meinhard](/source/Edith_Meinhard) as Julika - [Walter Werner](/source/Walter_Werner) as Waldemar - [Hans Stiebner](/source/Hans_Stiebner) as Steffani - [Rolf Moebius](/source/Rolf_Moebius) as Herbert - [Erik Ode](/source/Erik_Ode) as friend #1 - Willy Witte as friend #2 - [Hubert von Meyerinck](/source/Hubert_von_Meyerinck) as theatre director in Stockholm #2 - Hilla Höfer as Tamara - [Ursula Rothe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ursula_Rothe_(actress)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bulli - Jutta Max as Susi - Bronislawa Geiger as Dora - Frede-Marie Dohna as Fitta - Ludmilla Gorny as Ursula - [Margarete Genske](/source/Margarete_Genske) as Violet - Eva Krauß as Lucie - Mia Elmenhorst as Mary - Evelin von Schöning as Lotte - Victoria Weichmann as Hansi - Lilo Mylo as Steffi - Roserinette Lahrmann as Kitty - Kriemhild Waischwillat as Leni - [Karl Platen](/source/Karl_Platen) as Werner, secretary - [Erich Ziegel](/source/Erich_Ziegel) as doctor in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) - [Eduard Bornträger](/source/Eduard_Borntr%C3%A4ger) as doctor in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) - [Maria Krahn](/source/Maria_Krahn) as mother - [Alfred Haase](/source/Alfred_Haase) as theatre director in Stockholm #1 - Karl Junge-Swinburne as theatre director in Copenhagen - Carl Heinz Peters as commissioner in Paris - Charly Berger as detective in Paris - [Fritz Eckert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Eckert_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Sekretär von Hester - [Charles Francois](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Francois_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as dinner cart waiter - Aribert Grimmer as Wortführer der Claque - Fred Köster as colleague von Hester - [Kate Kühl](/source/Kate_K%C3%BChl) as Ila Caroly - [Heinz Müller](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_M%C3%BCller_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Klavierbegleiter - [Klaus Pohl](/source/Klaus_Pohl_(actor)) as Agent in Kopenhagen - [Paul Rehkopf](/source/Paul_Rehkopf) as waiter - [Ernst Rotmund](/source/Ernst_Rotmund) as theatre director - [Gisela Schlüter](/source/Gisela_Schl%C3%BCter) as Artist at Hester - Wera Schultz as nurse - Leo Sloma as guest at the nightclub ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hake, Sabine (2009). [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York, NY: [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). p. 382. [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 - [*We Danced Around the World*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032133/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Karl Anton Gypsies (1922) The May Fairy (1926) Tonka of the Gallows (1930) A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930) The Case of Colonel Redl (1931) Monsieur Albert (1932) The Champion Cook (1932) Make-Up (1932) The Naked Truth (1932) Nothing But Lies (1933) Number 33 (1933) Simone Is Like That (1933) The Porter from Maxim's (1933) Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935) Happy Arenas (1935) Martha (1936) White Slaves (1937) We Danced Around the World (1939) The Star of Rio (1940) The Thing About Styx (1942) The Big Number (1943) The Impostor (1944) Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946) The Appeal to Conscience (1949) The Exchange (1952) The Cousin from Nowhere (1953) The Rose of Stamboul (1953) Bonjour Kathrin (1956) The Daring Swimmer (1957) Victor and Victoria (1957) The Avenger (1960) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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