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Pygmalion
Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Heinrich Oberländer Walter Wassermann
Based on	Pygmalion 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw
Produced by	Eberhard Klagemann
Starring	Jenny Jugo Gustaf Gründgens Anton Edthofer
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production company	Klagemann-Film
Release date	2 September 1935 (1935-09-02)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Pygmalion is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Gustaf Gründgens and Anton Edthofer. It is based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz.

Plot

A professor attempts to transform an uneducated flower seller into a proper lady.

Cast

• Jenny Jugo as Eliza Doolittle
• Gustaf Gründgens as Professor Higgins
• Anton Edthofer as Oberst Pickering
• Eugen Klöpfer as Alfred Doolittle
• Hedwig Bleibtreu as Mrs. Higgins
• Käthe Haack as Mrs. Pearce
• Olga Limburg as Mrs. Hill
• Karin Evans as Klara Hill
• Vivigenz Eickstedt as Freddy Hill
• Erika Glässner as Betsy
• Hans Richter as Jonny
• Erna Morena
• Werner Pledath
• Josef Dahmen
• Ernst Behmer
• Erich Dunskus
• Oskar Höcker
• Wera Schultz

References

1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 920. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ISBN 978-3-598-11492-2.

External links

• Pygmalion at IMDb

v t e Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Characters	Eliza Doolittle
Films	Everybody's Woman (1924) Pygmalion (1935) Hoi Polloi (1935) Pygmalion (1937) Pygmalion (1938) Half-Wits Holiday (1947) Pies and Guys (1958) My Fair Lady (1964) Manam Oru Kurangu (1967) The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) Man Pasand (1980) She's All That (1999) He's All That (2021)
Musical	My Fair Lady (1956)
Television	Pygmalion (1948) Pigmalião 70 (1970) Galatea (1977) Pygmalion (1983) Totalmente Demais (2015)
See also	Pygmalion (mythology) Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley American Princess Ask Any Girl The First Night of Pygmalion Educating Rita Fine Manners Kitty Mighty Aphrodite Never on Sunday Ogo Bodhu Shundori Selfie "Someone to Watch Over Me" Vapor Pygmalion effect ELIZA

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