Much Ado About Nixi (1942)
Nixi has a vivid imagination and she makes extensive use of it. After parting from her longtime fiancée after an argument, she tells her father, that she’s pregnant --- and by another man: the police prefect Roland von Gabriel, whom she met after an auto accident. Called in by her father to be lectured, Roland doesn’t seem to mind the idea of marrying Nixi, but she’s already taken to her heels and fled.
Director: Erich Engel
![]() |
Jenny Jugo as Nixi Barkas |
![]() |
Albert Matterstock as Roland von Gabriel |
![]() |
Otto Gebühr as Dorfschullehrer |
![]() |
Hans Leibelt as Barkas, Generaldirektor |
![]() |
Klaus Pohl as |
![]() |
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Gendarm |
![]() |
Heinz Salfner as Augustus |
![]() |
Fritz Hoopts as Kapitän der 'Minerva' |
![]() |
André Mattoni as Mäcki Fiori |
![]() |
Maria Krahn as Barkas Sekretärin |
![]() |
Toni von Bukovics as Käthi |
![]() |
Ernst Rotmund as Polizeiinspektor af der Wache |
![]() |
Karl Hannemann as erster Gendarm beim Gemüseboot |
![]() |
Karl-Heinz Peters as zweiter Gendarm mit Nixis Steckbrief |
![]() |
Maria von Schmedes as Singer |
![]() |
Theodor Danegger as Gemüsehändler |
![]() |
Angelo Ferrari as Gärtner |
| Directing | Erich Engel | Director |
| Writing | Hans Hömberg | Writer |
| Production | Eberhard Klagemann | Producer |
| Sound | Giuseppe Becce | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Reimar Kuntze | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Elise Lustig | Editor |
| Sound | Arrigo Usigli | Sound |