Max Hansen Movies
- 1947
The English-language title of the Swedish Brollopstratten is Wedding Night. Far more appropriate to the action is the title of the Vivian Tidmarsh play upon which the film was based: Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? An intelligent and attractive romantic comedy, Brollopstratten is directed with finesse by Bodil Ipsen. Some of the goings-on might have been a bit too risque for American censors back in 1947, but by modern standards the various sexual misunderstandings are quite tame. Danish comedian Max Hansen stands out in a uniformly talented cast. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen, Sickan Carlsson, (more)
- 1936
In deference to the film's title, private secretary Dolly Haas does marry her boss Max Hansen in the final scene. Before this happens, however, Haas is repeatedly fired by Hansen, only to be rehired time and again through one subterfuge after another. The film reaches a dizzy comic highpoint when Hansen is rescued by his faithful secretary from a compromising situation involving two enraged females. Filmed just before Hitler's ascension to power, Privat-Sekretarin Heiratet spotlights the talents of several artists who would be forced to flee from Germany for political or religious reasons. One of these was director Herman Kosterlitz, who soon changed his base of operation to Hollywood -- and simultaneously changed his name to Henry Koster. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dolly Haas, Max Hansen, (more)
- 1932
The title of this heavily plotted German melodrama translates as This One or None. Gitta Alpar stars as Eve, whose emotions are torn between two European princes, lifelong rivals who happen to be brothers. Eve prefers the nicer of the two princes, but this doesn't stop the other from aggressively stepping up his courtship. When the less agreeable of the two monarches takes control of the throne, he orders Eve to make an immediate choice between himself and his brother. Though old-fashioned in concept and execution, Die Oder Keine benefitted from the charming presence of Gitta Alper. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gitta Alpar, Max Hansen, (more)
- 1932
Max Hansen stars as the title character in Der Frauendiplomat (The Ladies' Diplomat). The hero is an Austrian duke with a roving eye who treats the various embassies of Europe as his own personal dating services. His galavanting days come to an end when he meets Marthe Eggerth, with whom he genuinely falls in love -- and who, of course, wants nothing to do with him. Famed Austrian opera singer Leo Slezak (father of Walter Slezak) makes his screen debut herein. Der Frauendiplomat was the first Paramount picture produced exclusively for the domestic German audience. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen, Anton Pointner, (more)
- 1931
Der Hampelman (The Puppet) is an adaptation of the stage operetta by Gustav Beer and Fritz Lunzer. Max Hansen stars as impoverished Baron Max von Storch, who falls in love with Liesl (Lien Deyers), the young wife of an elderly perfume manufacturer (Szoeke Szakall, aka S. Z. Sakall). When he discovers that the husband has purchased a life-sized puppet for Liesl's amusement, Max is struck with a brilliant idea. Posing as the puppet, he gains access to Liesl's boudoir -- and after that, "Ach du lieber!" Der Hampelman includes a score by Robert Stoltz, of Two Hearts in Waltz-Time fame. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen, Szoke Szakall, (more)
- 1931
The title of this carefree German comedy translates as Who Takes Love Seriously. It isn't easy at first to see what this title has to do with the plot, which involves a pair of small-time swindlers. Our heroes' latest scam is to steal dogs then return them to their owners for a hefty reward. Along the way, the two rapscallions get mixed up with the heroine (Jenny Jugo), who's smarter than both of them put together. The films of Jenny Jugo could always be counted upon to make the turnstiles click in Germany, and the immensely profitable Wer Nimmt Liebe Ernst is no exception. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen, Jenny Jugo, (more)
- 1930
Filmed on location in Vienna, this German operetta was originally titled Wien, Du Stadt Die Lieber. Popular tenor Max Hansen carries most of the plot (what there is of it), singing his heart out to the delight of such delectable leading ladies as Charlotte Ander, Irene Ambrus and Grete Natzler (who, as Della Lynd, would later co-star with Laurel and Hardy in Swiss Miss). For some reason, it was decided to surround the nominal hero with seven top German comic actors, all of whom mugged and glowered outrageously. The worst offender (and the funniest of the batch) is Paul Graetz, who seemed to be having a great deal of fun letting loose. Evidently City of Songs was quite successful, inasmuch as it remained in distribution well into the late 1930s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen, Charlotte Ander, (more)
- 1929
Upon the death of a mittel-European prime minister, baroness Olga Tschechowa, the minister's mistress, is unceremoniously booted from the royal palace. In retaliation, the baroness claims she has in her possession a copy of the late prime minister's memoirs, the publication of which will bring about the ruination of all her political enemies. Pretty soon, the hypocritical courtiers and politicians who'd expelled her from the palace are fawning all over the baroness, hoping to be spared her wrath. Grand duke Willy Fritsch suspects that the allegedly scandalous memoirs do not actually exist, but he cares not: by film's end, he's fallen madly in love with the crafty baroness. Some above-average cinematography distinguishes this hectic boudoir farce. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max Hansen
