The Merry Farmer (1927 film)

The Merry Farmer (German: Der fidele Bauer) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Carmen Boni, Werner Krauss and S.Z. Sakall. It is based on the 1907 operetta of the same title. A 1951 film adaptation was also made.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

<small>In alphabetical order</small>

• Achmed Beh
• Carmen Boni as Spreewälderin
• Hans Brausewetter
• Ivy Close
• Harry Frank
• Werner Krauss as Bauer Mathäus Reuther
• André Nox as Prof. von Grumow
• Leo Peukert
• S.Z. Sakall as Dorfpolizist
• Simone Vaudry
• Peter Voß
• Mathias Wieman as Sohn Stephan Reuther

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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