When Four Do the Same

When Four Do the Same
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Erich Schönfelder Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Ossi Oswalda Emil Jannings Margarete Kupfer Fritz Schulz
Production company	PAGU
Release date	16 November 1917 (1917-11-16)
Running time	4 reels
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

When Four Do the Same (German: Wenn vier dasselbe tun) is a 1917 German silent comedy drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Emil Jannings and Margarete Kupfer. Lubitsch himself plays a book shop employee who falls in love with Jannings' daughter. The film was a key transitional work in Lubitsch's career, as he began to produce films with greater depth than his early light comedies.

The film was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. It premièred in Berlin on 16 November 1917 at the Union-Theatre am Nollendorfplatz and at the UT Kufürstendamm (Filmbühne Wien).

Cast

• Emil Jannings as Segetoff
• Ossi Oswalda as Segetoffs Tochter
• Margarete Kupfer as Frau Lange, Buchhändlerin
• Fritz Schulz as Tobias Schmalzstich, Lehrling
• Victor Janson as Tanzlehrer
• Ernst Lubitsch

Bibliography

• Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

External links

• When Four Do the Same at IMDb