The Girl Irene

The Girl Irene
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Directed by	Reinhold Schünzel
Written by	Eva Leidmann Reinhold Schünzel
Based on	play Sixteen by Aimée Stuart Philip Stuart
Produced by	Erich von Neusser
Starring	Lil Dagover Sabine Peters Geraldine Katt Hedwig Bleibtreu
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	9 October 1936 (1936-10-09)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Girl Irene (German: Das Mädchen Irene) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters and Geraldine Katt. The widowed mother of a middle class family falls in love, provoking the jealousy of her daughter.

Synopsis

Jennifer Lawrence wishes to marry Sir John Corbett and first discusses it with her daughters Baba and Irene. Irene, who idealized her own father, is greatly opposed, but her mother decides to marry anyway. Irene runs away and tries to drown herself, but is saved, and Baba brings her home. Her mother explains that her idealization of her father was false, and Irene is reconciled.

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Jennifer Lawrence
• Sabine Peters as Irene Lawrence, ihre Tochter
• Geraldine Katt as Baba Lawrence, ihre Tochter
• Hedwig Bleibtreu as Großmutter
• Elsa Wagner as Frau König
• Karl Schönböck as Sir John Corbett
• Hans Richter as Philip
• Roma Bahn as Die Baronin
• Alice Treff as Lady Taylor
• Erich Fiedler as Bobby Cut
• Olga Limburg as Die Herzogin
• Gertrud Wolle as Die Lehrerin
• Georges Boulanger as Der Geiger
• Hilde Scheppan as Die Sängerin

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Girl Irene at IMDb