Maytime (1926 film)

Maytime or As Once in May (German: Wie einst im Mai) is a 1926 German silent romance film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Adolf Klein, Ellen Richter, and Paul Heidemann.

Maytime
Directed by	Willi Wolff
Written by	Robert Liebmann Willi Wolff Rudolf Bernauer Rudolph Schanzer
Produced by	Ellen Richter
Starring	Adolf Klein Ellen Richter Paul Heidemann
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjær
Music by	Artur Guttmann Werner R. Heymann
Production company	Ellen Richter Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	19 August 1926 (1926-08-19)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni.

Cast

• Adolf Klein as Baron de la Roche
• Ellen Richter as Eugenie de la Roche / Eugenie Schönlein, geb. de la Roche & Charlotte, ihre Enkelin / Mabel Ward
• Paul Heidemann as Friedrich Wilhelm Kietz / Fritz, Freds Sohn
• Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Gottlieb Krause / Gottlieb
• Frida Richard as Auguste Krause, Ehefrau / Auguste
• Philipp Manning as Kammergerichtsrat Schönlein
• Karl Harbacher as Romeo
• Trude Hesterberg as Julia
• Walter Rilla as Fred W. Kietz
• Gyula Szőreghy as Adolph Lemke
• Alice Torning as Frau Lemke
• Hermann Picha as Theophil
• Camilla Spira as Minchen Lemke, die Tochter

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Krautz, Alfred. International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4. Saur, 1984.

External links

• Maytime at IMDb