The Merry Vineyard (German: Der fröhliche Weinberg) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Rudolf Rittner, Camilla Horn and Lotte Neumann. It was based on a play by Carl Zuckmayer, and was remade in 1952 as a sound film.
The playwright had strong reservations about having his work translated on screen but never opposed any film adaptation.
The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Cast
Rudolf Rittner as Jean Baptiste Gunderloch
Camilla Horn as Klärchen Gunderloch, daughter of above
Lotte Neumann as Annemarie Most, housekeeper of Jean Baptiste
Gyula Szőreghy as Eismayr, landlord of Landskrone inn
Camilla von Hollay as Babettchen Eismayr
Fritz Odemar as Knuzius, fiancée of Klärchen
Carl de Vogt as Jochen Most skipper on the Rhine
Heinrich Gotho as Rindsfuß, wine merchant
Karl Harbacher as Stenz, wine merchant
Bodo Serp as Vogelsberger - wine merchant
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Frl. Stenz
Friedrich Lobe as Hahnesand, traveller for a wine firm
Oscar Ebelsbacher as Löbche Bär, traveller for a wine firm
Paul Morgan as Meyer & Sohn
Karl Gerhardt as Kurrle, registrar and auctioneer
Else Reval as Ms. Rindsfuß
Geza L. Weiss as son of Meyer