't Was één April
1936 Dutch film
- 27 March 1936 (1936-03-27)
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't Was één April is a 1936 Dutch film directed by Douglas Sirk and Jacques van Tol. It is a lost film.
Plot
When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. They could not be happier when a wealthy baron offers to introduce them into the high class. What they don't realise is that this was all an April Fools' prank. Unfortunately for the pranksters, 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]
References
External links
- 't Was één April at IMDb
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Films directed by Douglas Sirk
- April, April! (1935)
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)
- Pillars of Society (1935)
- 't Was één April (1936)
- Schlußakkord (1936)
- The Court Concert (1936)
- To New Shores (1937)
- La Habanera (1937)
- Final Accord (1938)
- Boefje (1939)
- Hitler's Madman (1943)
- Summer Storm (1944)
- A Scandal in Paris (1946)
- Lured (1947)
- Sleep, My Love (1948)
- Shockproof (1949)
- Slightly French (1949)
- 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)
- 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)
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