A Man Like Maximilian

A Man Like Maximilian (German: Ein Mann wie Maximilian) is a 1945 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Karin Hardt and Lizzi Waldmüller.^[1] It was one of the last films released during the Third Reich and was playing in cinemas during the Battle of Berlin.

A Man Like Maximilian
Directed by	Hans Deppe
Written by	Axel Eggebrecht Resi Flierl Peter Francke
Produced by	Fred Lyssa
Starring	Wolf Albach-Retty Karin Hardt Lizzi Waldmüller
Cinematography	Erich Claunigk
Edited by	Erich Palme
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	13 March 1945 (1945-03-13)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz.

Synopsis

When her daughter becomes engaged to a respectable lawyer, her mother is delighted as she sees the fiancée as being like her own husband Maximilian. However, suspicions begin to arise that he may be concealing a secret from them.

Cast

• Wolf Albach-Retty as Doctor Thomas Hesse
• Karin Hardt as Monika, dessen Frau
• Lizzi Waldmüller as Alexandra Durran, Sängerin
• Fritz Odemar as Maximilian Holten
• Hermine Ziegler as Fränze Holten
• Norbert Rohringer as Fips Holten
• Max Gülstorff as Heinrich Holten
• Paul Dahlke as Theaterdirektor Rother
• Hannes Keppler as Carol Witt, Tenor
• Auguste Pünkösdy as Frau Durran
• Victor Janson as Theaterdirektor
• Angelo Ferrari as Regisseur
• Emmy Flemmich as Frau Meier
• Rosemarie Grosser as Frl. Behr, Sekretärin
• Emil Reissner as Bühnenportier
• Emilie Bösl as Josefa, Magd
• Karl Neumayer as Briefträger
• Ina Albrecht as Loni, Hausmädchen