What Men Know

{{Short description|1933 film}} {{Infobox film | name = What Men Know | image = File:What Men Know.jpg | caption = | director = Gerhard Lamprecht | producer = Bruno Duday <br> Eduard Kubat | based_on = | writer = Hanns H. Fischer <br> Hertha von Gebhardt | narrator = | starring = Hans Brausewetter <br> Erwin Kalser <br> Toni van Eyck | music = Eduard Künneke | cinematography = Karl Hasselmann | editing = Milo Harbich | studio = UFA | distributor = UFA | released = {{Film date|1933|01|11|df=yes}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''What Men Know''''' (German: '''''Was wissen denn Männer''''') is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.<ref>Rentschler p.281</ref><ref>Kreimeier p.218</ref> It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was remade as the Swedish film ''What Do Men Know?'' the same year.

==Synopsis== A young woman from the country has a relationship with a travelling salesman who then abandons her. When she falls pregnant from the affair it causes a local scandal.

==Cast== * Hans Brausewetter as Karl Christians * Erwin Kalser as Herr Barthel * Toni van Eyck as Hertha Barthel * Ruth Hellberg as Gertrud Kroschelt * Ilse Korseck as Margot * Eduard Rothauser as Invalide Schultheiss * Elsa Wagner as Mutter Kroschelt * Fritz Odemar as Oberpostsekretär Haber * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Vater Kroschelt * Hedy Krilla as Fräulein Berghuhn

==Release== Leo Brecher attempted to release the film in the United States under the title ''Hertha's Awakening'' ''(Herthas Erwachen)'', but it was banned in New York.{{sfn|Waldman|2008|p=37}}

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==Works cited== *{{cite book|last=Waldman |first=Harry |title=Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942 |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2008 |isbn=9780786438617}}

==Bibliography== * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0023671}}

Category:1933 films Category:1933 drama films Category:German drama films Category:Films of the Weimar Republic Category:1933 German-language films Category:Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht Category:German black-and-white films Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Category:UFA GmbH films Category:Films scored by Eduard Künneke Category:1933 German films Category:German-language drama films