By a Nose (1931 film)

By a Nose (German: Um eine Nasenlänge) is a 1931 German sports comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Sig Arno, Lucie Englisch and Elga Brink.^[1] It was made at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the Berlin Sportpalast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Otto Hunte.^[2] It was remade as a 1949 West German film of the same title directed by E.W. Emo.

A newspaper delivery man pretends to be a six day bicycle racer in order to impress a woman. Having hung around the stadium in order to make his boast convincing, a series of confusions lead to him taking the place of a real rider. Despite his lack of professional training, he manages to win the race "by a nose".

• Sig Arno as Hans Dampf, ein Zeitungsfahrer
• Lucie Englisch as Lilly
• Elga Brink as Marion, Tänzerin
• Ernö Verebes as Teddy, ein Mixer
• Fred Louis Lerch as Paul Renz, Sechstagerennfahrer
• Julius Falkenstein as Lachmeyer, Trainer
• Max Ehrlich as Herr Bumsdorf
• Paul Kemp as Sperling, ein Rennbahnbesucher
• Fritz Alberti as Der Mann am Mikrophon
• Frida Richard as Mutter Schmidt
• Else Reval as Seine Frau
• Ellen Plessow as Die Frau am Telephon
• Julius E. Hermann as Der dicke Ehemann
• Hugo Döblin as Ein Althwarenändler
• Carla Gidt as Das Mädel am Kiosk
• Lissy Arna as Filmstar, der den Startschuß abgibt
• Paul Buschenhagen as Buschenhagen, Partner von Renz

• Hales, Barbara & Weinstein, Valerie. Rethinking Jewishness in Weimar Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2020.
• Hutter, Andreas & Kamolz, Klaus. Billie Wilder: Eine Europäische Karriere. Böhlau, 1998.

• By a Nose at IMDb