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 |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Production | Teddy Baird | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Camera | Joan Bridge | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Caffin | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Editing | John D. Guthridge | Editor |
| Sound | Eric Wood | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Dennis | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Joan Davis | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| Art | Ernest Archer | Draughtsman |
| Writing | Anthony Asquith | Screenplay |
| Directing | David W. Orton | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Peter Lamont | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Bert Batt | Third Assistant Camera |
| Art | Arthur Taksen | Set Dresser |
| Art | John Box | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Harry Gillard | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Edwards | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Conductor |