Trouble with Jolanthe

Trouble with Jolanthe (German: Krach um Jolanthe) is a 1934 German romantic comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Wilhelm P. Krüger, Marianne Hoppe and Olaf Bach.^[1] It was remade in 1955 as The Happy Village. A separate Swedish adaptation Jolanta the Elusive Pig had been released in 1945.

Trouble with Jolanthe
German film poster
German	Der Wetterwart
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	August Hinrichs (play) Robert A. Stemmle Walter Supper
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Starring	Wilhelm P. Krüger Marianne Hoppe Olaf Bach
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich-Film
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	18 August 1934 (1934-08-18)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

The film adapts "August Hinrichs's folk-play Krach um Jolanthe (The Row about Yolanthe), also known in a Low German version as Swienskomödie (Jolanthe was a pig)."^[2] The play is remembered as one of Hitler's favourite.^[3]

Cast

• Wilhelm P. Krüger as Krischan Lampken, farmer
• Marianne Hoppe as Anna, daughter
• Olaf Bach as Müller Bunjes
• Marieluise Claudius as Sophie, sister
• Fritz Hoopts as Hinnerk, servant
• Carsta Löck as Stine, maid
• Albert Lieven as Wesemeier, the new teacher
• Karl Dannemann as Rupf, the new gendarme
• Willi Schur as Egon Mahnke, bailiff
• Fita Benkhoff as Erna Klüfkorn, bride
• Max Eckard as farmer's friend #1
• Hugo Froelich as Oncken, farmer
• Richard Handwerk as Borchers, farmer
• Willi Parshen as farmer's friend #3
• Jaspar von Oertzen as farmer's friend #2

See also

• Jolanta the Elusive Pig (1945)