Little Dorrit (1934 film)

Little Dorrit (German: Klein Dorrit) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Gustav Waldau, Anny Ondra, and Hilde Hildebrand.^[1] It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1857 Victorian era novel Little Dorrit, and made a sharp contrast to the light comedies and musicals that Ondra usually appeared in.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander.

Little Dorrit
German	Klein Dorrit
Directed by	Karel Lamač
Written by	Curt J. Braun
Based on	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Produced by	Artur Hohenberg Robert Leistenschneider Carl Lamac Anny Ondra
Starring	Gustav Waldau Anny Ondra Hilde Hildebrand
Cinematography	Otto Heller Ludwig Zahn
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Music by	Leo Leux
Production companies	Ondra-Lamac-Film Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	21 August 1934 (1934-08-21)
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Gustav Waldau as William Dorrit
• Anny Ondra as Amy, his daughter
• Hilde Hildebrand as Lily, his daughter
• Kurt Meisel as Pit, his son
• Mathias Wieman as Arthur Clennam
• Antonie Jaeckel as Frau Clennam, his mother
• Otto Stoeckel as Merdle, her friend
• Fritz Rasp as Flintwinch
• Josef Eichheim as John Chivery
• Claire Glib
• O. E. Hasse
• Emil Höfer
• Jola Jobst
• Karl Schopp
• Max Weydner