Hurrah! I'm a Father

Hurrah! I'm a Father
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Thea von Harbou
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Albert Florath Walter Schuller Carola Höhn
Cinematography	Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Music by	Hans Lang
Production companies	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm UFA
Release date	16 November 1939
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Hurrah! I'm a Father or Hurrah! I'm a Papa (German:Hurra, ich bin Papa) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Albert Florath and Walter Schuller. Peter, a dissoloute student, ignores his wealthy farmer father's attempts to get him to reform. However, when he finds a small child left in a room with a note attached explaning that he is the child's father he is forced to become a changed man. He hires a young woman to act as the child's nurse not realizing that she is really the child's mother.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Student Peter Ohlsen
• Albert Florath as Ludwig Ohlsen
• Walter Schuller as Hänschen Ohlsen
• Carola Höhn as Kindergärtnerin Kathrin Gebhardt
• Ursula Grabley as Nina
• Marianne Stanior as Charlott
• Hansi Arnstaedt as Hausdame Frau Koch
• Bruno Fritz as Chauffeur Willi
• Ilse Stobrawa as Margret
• Ludwig Schmitz as Wirt Lütjohann
• Wolf Ackva as Freund von Peter
• Sophie Cieslak as Freundin von Peter
• Wolfgang Keppler as Freund von Peter
• Marianne Kiwitt as Freundin von Peter
• Eberhard Leithoff as Freund von Peter
• Karin Luesebrink as Freundin von Peter
• Rolf von Nauckhoff as Freund von Peter
• Rudolf Schündler as Freund von Peter
• Ursula Ulrich as Freundin von Peter
• Olga Limburg as Olga Limburg
• Karl Jüstel as Chauffeur bei Ludwig Ohlsen
• Michael von Newlinsky as Oberkellner
• Willi Witte as Kellner im Hotelsaal
• Christa Dilthey as Kindermädchen

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

• Hurrah! I'm a Father at IMDb