The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 film)

The Man Who Couldn't Say No (German: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film But It's Nothing Serious also directed by Camerini.^[1] It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

The Man Who Couldn't Say No
Directed by	Mario Camerini
Written by	Mario Camerini Werner Finck Karl Lerbs
Based on	Ma non è una cosa seria [it] (play) by Luigi Pirandello
Produced by	Alberto Giacalone
Starring	Karl Ludwig Diehl Karin Hardt Leo Slezak
Cinematography	Werner Bohne
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Walter Kollo Alfred Strasser
Production company	Itala Film
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	1 February 1938 (1938-02-01)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Plot

German version of the Italian film Ma Non È Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.

Cast

• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Memmo Speranza
• Karin Hardt as Gasperina
• Leo Slezak as Barranco
• Werner Finck as Lamanna
• Frauke Lauterbach as Elsa
• Hilde Krüger as Marguerite
• Charlott Daudert as Loletta
• Georgia Lind as Mathilde
• Erik von Loewis as Giulio, Elsas Bruder
• Olga Engl as Theresa, Elsas Mutter
• Hans Stock [de] as Andreas, Elsas Vater
• Erwin Biegel as Giovanni, Diener Memmos
• Else Valery as Luisa, Haushälterin
• Eduard von Winterstein as Colonel, Mathildes Vater
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Grizoffi, Pensionsgast
• Hermann Pfeiffer as Virgadamo, Pensiongast
• Margarete Sachse [de] as Lehrerin, Pensiongast
• Irene Margot as Sängerin
• Josef Reithofer as Arzt