The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl
German film poster

German	Die Umwege des schönen Karl

Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Paul Enderling Harald Braun Jacob Geis Philipp Lothar Mayring Klaus S. Richter
Produced by	Herbert Engelsing Carl Froelich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Karin Hardt Sybille Schmitz Ernst Legal
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	31 January 1938 (1938-01-31)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (German: Die Umwege des schönen Karl) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Hardt, and Sybille Schmitz. It portrays the experiences of a young waiter during the Great Depression.^[1]

Partial cast

Heinz Rühmann as Karl Kramer, waiter
Karin Hardt as Grete Wernicke, daughter
Sybille Schmitz as Lu Donon, daughter
Ernst Legal as Der alte Albert, waiter
Paul Westermeier as Otto Hübner, waiter
Leo Peukert as Heinz Balzer, wine bar owner
Albert Florath as Wernicke's father
Margarete Kupfer as Tante Knifke
Paul Bildt as Geheimrat Roderich Donon
Claire Reigbert as Wernicke's mother
Werner Finck as Herr von der Presse
Karl Günther as Hoinken, racing team owner
Kurt Seifert as Pferde-Wenzel
Hugo Froelich as Spirituosenhersteller Neddebom
Hansi Arnstaedt as Die Baronin
Carl Heinz Charrell as Justizrat Siebenhütter
Leopold von Ledebur as major
Friedrich Honna as master baker
Gea Eschenbach as singer
Elisabeth Eygk as cashier's girlfriend
Willy Krause as burned-out cashier
Egon Brosig as coroner
Ewald Wenck as detective commissioner
Bruno Fritz as gentleman in hunter's hat
Grete Wiedecke as Karl's landlady
Wilhelm Bendow as cook

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Films directed by Carl Froelich

Werner Krafft (1916)
Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
The Loves of Käthe Keller (1919)
The Dancer (1919)
In Thrall to the Claw (1921)
Wandering Souls (1921)
The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
Island of the Dead (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
Good-for-Nothing (1922)
Luise Millerin (1922)
Hallig Hooge (1923)
The Weather Station (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
Chamber Music (1925)
Tragedy (1925)
The Flames Lie (1926)
Roses from the South (1926)
When She Starts, Look Out (1926)
The Long Intermission (1927)
My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927)
Love in the Cowshed (1928)
Lotte (1928)
Love and Thieves (1928)
Escape (1928)
Violantha (1928)
The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
German Wine (1929)
The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
Hans in Every Street (1930)
Fire in the Opera House (1930)
The Night Is Ours (1930)
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
This One or None (1932)
Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)
Love at First Sight (1932)
The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
Ripening Youth (1933)
Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
The Dreamer (1936)
When the Cock Crows (1936)
If We All Were Angels (1936)
Such Great Foolishness (1937)
Heimat (1938)
The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
The Four Companions (1938)
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
The Gasman (1941)
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
The Buchholz Family (1944)
Marriage of Affection (1944)
Three Girls Spinning (1950)
Stips (1951)