- T' was een April
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't Was één April Directed by Douglas Sirk and Jacques van Tol Written by H.W. Litschke, Rudo Ritter Release date(s) March 27, 1936 Running time 78 minutes Country Netherlands Language Dutch 't Was één April is a 1936 Dutch film directed by Douglas Sirk and Jacques van Tol. It is a lost film.
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Plot
When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. So friends try to pull an april fools prank, by faking the announcement of a rich baron. Things get out of hand when a real baron visits the Vlasmans.
Cast
- Jacques Van Bylevelt ... Heer Vlasman
- Tilly Perin-Bouwmeester ... Vlasmans vrouw
- Jopie Koopman ... Vlasmans dochter
- Rob Milton ... Vlasmans dochters verloofde
- Herman Tholen... Baron de Hoog van Vriesland
- Johan Kaart ... Handelaar
- Cissy Van Bennekom ... Vlasmans secretaresse
- Pau Dana ... Secretaresse
Background
The movie is a remake of the German film April, April! (1935), also directed by Douglas Sirk.[1] In the German version the baron was a prince. Sirk never came to the Netherlands. All of his scenes were shot in Germany. Scenes in the Netherlands were directed by Jacques van Tol. No known copies of the film exist today.[2]
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Cinema of the NetherlandsFilms directed by Detlef Sierck/Douglas Sirk 1930s
(as Detlef
Sierck)Zwei Genies (1934) • Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1935) • Der Eingebildete Kranke (1935) • Dreimal Ehe (1935) • April, April! (1935) • Stützen der Gesellschaft (1935) • La Chanson du souvenir (1936) • T' was een April (1936) • Schlußakkord Das Hofkonzert (1936) • Das Hofkonzert (1936) • Zu neuen Ufern (1936) • Zu neuen Ufern (1937) • La Habanera (1937) • Accord final (1938) • Boefje (1939)1940s Hitler's Madman (1943) • Summer Storm (1944) • A Scandal in Paris (1946) • Lured (1947) • Sleep, My Love (1948) • Shockproof (1949) • Slightly French (1949)1950s Mystery Submarine (1950) • The First Legion (1951) • Thunder on the Hill (1951) • The Lady Pays Off (1951) • Week-End with Father (1951) • No Room for the Groom (1952) • Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) • Meet Me at the Fair (1953) • Take Me to Town (1953) • All I Desire (1953) • Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) • Magnificent Obsession (1954) • Sign of the Pagan (1954) • Captain Lightfoot (1955) • All That Heaven Allows (1955) • There's Always Tomorrow (1956) • Never Say Goodbye (1956) • Written on the Wind (1956) • Battle Hymn (1957) • Interlude (1957) • The Tarnished Angels (1958) • A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) • Imitation of Life (1959)1970s Sprich zu mir wie der Regen (1976) • Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog (1978) • Bourbon Street Blues (1979)Categories:- Dutch films
- 1936 films
- Black-and-white films
- 1930s drama film stubs
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