The Leghorn Hat

The Leghorn Hat
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Directed by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Produced by	Heinz Rühmann
Written by	Horst Budjuhn Bernd Hofmann
Based on	The Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Herti Kirchner Christl Mardayn
Music by	Michael Jary
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann Karl Löb
Edited by	Gottlieb Madl
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release dates	4 April 1939
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Leghorn Hat (German: Der Florentiner Hut) is a 1939 German period comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Herti Kirchner and Christl Mardayn. It is based on the 1851 play The Italian Straw Hat written by Eugène Labiche, which has been adapted for the screen on several occasions.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. It premiered in Magdeburg on 4 April before opening at the Gloria-Palast in the capital on 18 April.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Theo Farina
• Herti Kirchner as Helene Barbock, seine Braut
• Christl Mardayn as Baronin Pamela v. Sarabant
• Paul Henckels as Baron Bubi v. Sarabant
• Victor Janson as Barbock
• Hannsgeorg Laubenthal as Leutnant Emil v. Parade
• Karel Štěpánek as Felix
• Gerda Maria Terno as Virginia
• Helmut Weiss as Bobby
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Onkel Florian
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Rosalba
• Elsa Wagner as Baronin Champigny
• Alexa von Porembsky as Clara
• Edith Meinhard as Zofe bei Baronin Champigny
• Paul Bildt as 1.Beamter
• Franz Weber as 2. Beamter
• Leopold von Ledebur as Zürus
• Bruno Fritz as Leierkastenmann
• Ernst Legal as Dienstmann
• Käthe Kamossa as Tante Walpurga

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• The Leghorn Hat at IMDb