The Impossible Woman (1936 film)

1936 film

The Impossible Woman

Directed by	Johannes Meyer
Written by	Mia Fellmann (novel) Thea von Harbou
Starring	Dorothea Wieck Gustav Fröhlich Gina Falckenberg Edwin Jürgensen
Cinematography	Alexander von Lagorio
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Clemens Schmalstich
Production company	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	3 April 1936 (1936-04-03)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

The Impossible Woman (German: Die unmögliche Frau) is a 1936 German romance film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Dorothea Wieck, Gustav Fröhlich and Gina Falckenberg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and partly on location in Romania. It was based on the novel Madame will nicht heiraten by Mia Fellmann.

Synopsis

The female head of an oil company is known for her aloof manner, and is considered an "impossible woman" by her employees. Eventually, she falls in love with one of her engineers, who has rescued the company from industrial sabotage.

Cast

Dorothea Wieck as Ileana Manescu
Gustav Fröhlich as Ingenieur Wiegand
Gina Falckenberg as Mignon
Edwin Jürgensen as Maravella
Paul Henckels as Möller
Harry Hardt as Director Kiriak
Willi Schur as Dobre - Werkmeister
Karl Hannemann as Roman - Bohrmeister
Emil Höfer as Nicu
Katja Specht as Mitza
Wilhelm König as Ingenieur Jonescu
Eduard Bornträger as Banu - Prokurist
Gerhard Dammann as Ein Briefträger
Fred Becker as Dancer
Gertrud Weiß as Dancer
Hugo Flink
Adolf Gondrell
Charlotte Hasse
Heinrich Krill
Max Maschek
Kitty Meinhardt
Günther Meyer
Arthur Reinhardt
Willi Rose
Margarete Sachse
Nico Turoff

References

Hake p. 199

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

The Impossible Woman at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Johannes Meyer
Horrido (1924) The Poacher (1926) Guilty (1928) High Treason (1929) The Blonde Nightingale (1930) The Rhineland Girl (1930) The Tiger Murder Case (1930) Ash Wednesday (1931) Alarm at Midnight (1931) Two Heavenly Blue Eyes (1932) The Fugitive from Chicago (1933) Goodbye, Beautiful Days (1933) Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) Mary's Start in die Ehe (1933) The Legacy of Pretoria (1934) Hangmen, Women and Soldiers (1935) The Impossible Woman (1936) Fridericus (1937) Der singende Tor (1939) Marriage in Small Doses (1939) Wild Bird (1943) Blocked Signals (1948) I'll Never Forget That Night (1949) Furioso (1950)

Films directed by Johannes Meyer

v t e Thea von Harbou
List of works
Films directed	Elisabeth and the Fool (1934) Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)
Films written	The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) The Wandering Image (1920) Destiny (1921) Four Around a Woman (1921) The Indian Tomb (1921) The Women of Gnadenstein (1921) The Burning Soil (1922) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Phantom (1922) The Expulsion (1923) The Stone Rider (1923) Princess Suwarin (1923) The Grand Duke's Finances (1924) Die Nibelungen (1924) Michael (1924) Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) Metropolis (1927) Spione (1928) Woman in the Moon (1929) M (1931) The First Right of the Child (1932) The Marathon Runner (1933) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) The Old and the Young King (1934) Princess Turandot (1934) What Am I Without You (1934) Turandot, Princess of China (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) An Ideal Husband (1935) Escapade (1936) The Impossible Woman (1936) A Woman of No Importance (1936) The Broken Jug (1937) Don't Promise Me Anything (1937) Mother Song (1937) The Ruler (1937) Covered Tracks (1938) The Woman at the Crossroads (1938) Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939) Stars of Variety (1939) Clarissa (1941) With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) A Wife for Three Days (1944) Via Mala (1945) Journey to Happiness (1948) A Day Will Come (1950) Dr. Holl (1951) Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953)
Novels written	The Indian Tomb (1918) Metropolis (1925) The Rocket to the Moon (1928)

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