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The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938)

The Man Who Couldn't Say No poster
Original title
Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann
Directed by
Mario Camerini
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man has trouble refusing requests from others. His inability to say no leads him into a series of romantic and social complications.

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What happens

The Man Who Couldn't Say No (German: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film But It's Nothing Serious also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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