Men, Animals and Sensations

Men, Animals and Sensations (German: Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen) is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film.[1] It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Max Knaake.[2] Location filming took place at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden.

Men, Animals and Sensations
Directed byHarry Piel
Written byJ.M. Frank
Erwin Kreker
Reinhold Meißner
Harry Piel
Produced byHarry Piel
Willy Reiber
StarringHarry Piel
Ruth Eweler
Elisabeth Wendt
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Bruno Timm
Fritz von Friedl
Edited byHilde Grebner
Music byFritz Wenneis
Production
company
Ariel-Film
Release date
23 December 1938
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Cast
  • Harry Piel as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist
  • Ruth Eweler as Fedora
  • Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy
  • Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella
  • Josef Karma as Franz - Tierpfleger
  • Egon Brosig as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora
  • Willi Schur as Theateragent
  • Eugen Rex as Der Zauberkünstler
  • Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria"
  • Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté
  • Raffles Bill as Varietéartist
  • Gerhard Dammann as Krause, Hausmeister
  • Liesl Eckardt as Garderobenfrau von Fedora
  • Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar
  • Knut Hartwig as Ober
  • Alfred Karen as Portier im Hotel "Imperial"
  • Philipp Manning as Arzt im Varieté
  • Karl Platen as Briefträger
  • S.O. Schoening as Direktor
  • Michael von Newlinsky as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria"
  • Aruth Wartan as Falk, Tierpfleger
  • Eduard Wenck as Theateragent

References
  1. Reimer & Reimer p.200
  2. Klaus p.136

Bibliography
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. Historical Dictionary of German Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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