The Cruel Mistress
The Cruel Mistress is a 1932 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Fritz Rasp and Lina Woiwode. A separate French-language version Should We Wed Them? was also released. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Synopsis
Professor Bock, a quarrelsome astronomer, has long had a falling out with his brother, who went to America after marrying a circus performer. When his brother's widow and her son Jim arrive, a romance blossoms between the young man and the professor's daughter Welgunda.Cast
- Anny Ondra as Welgunda
- Fritz Rasp as Professor Bock
- Lina Woiwode as Frau Bock
- Werner Fuetterer as Jim Bock
- Olga Limburg as Jim Bocks Mutter
- Ernst Arndt as Professor Bierbrot
- Carl Goetz as Zirkusdirektor
- Karl Forest as Schulinspektor
- Dorothy Poole as Sängerin
- Gustav Werner as Hoteldirektor
- Hugo Thimig