Catherine the Last

Catherine the Last
Hans Holt and Franciska Gaal
Directed by	Henry Koster
Written by	Alexander Hunyady (novel) Károly Nóti Felix Jackson
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Starring	Franciska Gaal Hans Holt Hans Olden Otto Wallburg
Cinematography	Theodore J. Pahle
Edited by	Viktor Gertler
Music by	Nicholas Brodszky Hans J. Salter
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	30 August 1936 (1936-08-30)
Country	Austria
Language	German

Catherine the Last (German: Katharina, die Letzte) is a 1936 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt and Hans Olden. It was made by the Austrian subsidiary of Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. After making the film, Koster moved to Hollywood] In 1938, the film was remade in America as The Girl Downstairs with Gaal reprising her role.

Synopsis

After Hans is frustrated in his attempts to see his girlfriend Sybill by her overprotective father, who is a business tycoon father, he attempts to gain entry into the house by romancing the family's kitchen maid. At first, he simply uses her as a ruse, but he eventually falls in love with her.

Cast

• Franciska Gaal as Katharina, Kitchen maid
• Hans Holt as Hans von Gerstikow
• Hans Olden as Eduard, Hans' friend
• Otto Wallburg as Sixtus Braun, Big industrialist
• Dorothy Poole as Sybill Braun
• Eduard Linkers as Steinschneider, Braun's secretary
• Ernő Verebes as Tobby, Hans' servant
• Adrienne Gessner as Berta, cook
• Fritz Imhoff as Bubs, car salesman
• Adolf E. Licho as Excellency
• Georg Schmieter as Fireman
• Sigurd Lohde as Police inspector
• Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
• Paul Morgan as Stephan, waiter

Bibliography

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

External links

• Catherine the Last at IMDb