The Schimeck Family

The Schimek Family (German: Familie Schimek – Wiener Herzen) is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Alfred Halm and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Livio Pavanelli, Olga Chekhova, and Lydia Potechina. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It is based on the 1915 play of the same title by Gustaf Kadelburg, later adapted into a 1935 German film and a 1957 Austrian film.

The Schimek Family
Directed by	Alfred Halm Rudolf Dworsky
Written by	Alfred Halm
Based on	The Schimek Family by Gustaf Kadelburg
Produced by	Rudolf Dworsky Gabriel Levy
Starring	Livio Pavanelli Olga Chekhova Lydia Potechina
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Music by	Felix Bartsch
Production company	Aafa-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	25 March 1926 (1926-03-25)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Livio Pavanelli as Franz Kaltenbach - Industrieller
• Olga Chekhova as Olga, seine Frau
• Lydia Potechina as Kaltenbachs Schwiegermutter
• Ernst Rückert as Dragoner-Leutnant
• Max Hansen as K. K. Kadett
• Hans Wallner as K. K. Feldwebel
• Paul Morgan as Vormundschaftsrichter
• Hermann Picha as Nepomuk Zavadil
• Margarete Kupfer as Frau Schimel - Tischlerswitwe
• Xenia Desni as Lisl
• Illo Gutschwager as Willi - ihr Kind
• Karl Dehnert as Franzl, ihr Kind
• William Dieterle as Josef Baumann - Tischlergeselle
• Fritz Greiner as Chauffeur