Ernst sein ist alles (1952)
Im prüden, viktorianischen England erfinden die zwei befreundeten, britischen Lebemänner, Ernest Worthing und Algernon Moncriff, einen Unbekannten mit dem ihre Angebeteten Cecily und Gwendolin glauben, verlobt zu sein. Dieser Trick eröffnet den Dandys alle Freiheiten, ihren Zielen näher zu kommen. Bei diesem Verwirrspiel kommen sich die beiden mit ihren Frauengeschichten eines Tages unweigerlich in die Quere…
Der Regisseur:
Anthony Asquith
Der Autor:
Anthony Asquith
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Michael Redgrave as Ernest Worthing |
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Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff |
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Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell |
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Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen Fairfax |
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Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew |
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Margaret Rutherford as Miss Prism |
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Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble |
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Richard Wattis as Seton |
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Walter Hudd as Lane |
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Aubrey Mather as Merriman |
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Ivor Barnard as Conductor (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Anthony Asquith | Director |
| Writing | Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Production | Teddy Baird | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Caffin | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Joan Bridge | Other |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |
| Production | Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Editing | John D. Guthridge | Editor |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Eric Wood | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Dennis | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Joan Davis | Continuity |
| Camera | Harry Gillard | Still Photographer |
| Art | Ernest Archer | Draughtsman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| Art | Arthur Taksen | Set Dresser |
| Directing | David W. Orton | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Edwards | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Writing | Anthony Asquith | Screenplay |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Conductor |
| Art | Peter Lamont | Draughtsman |
| Art | John Box | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Bert Batt | Third Assistant Camera |