Trouble Backstairs () is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Erich Kobler and starring Paul Dahlke, Fita Benkhoff and Ursula Herking. It was based on a play of the same title by Maximilian Böttcher, which had previously been turned into the 1935 film Trouble Backstairs. Cast Paul Dahlke as August Krüger Fita Benkhoff as Irma Schulze Ursula Herking as Malchen Krüger Bruni Löbel as Edeltraud Panse Traute Rose as Frau Bock Gisela von Jagen as Ilse Bock, ihre Tochter Carl Kuhlmann as Oberpostschaffner Hermann Schulze Ilse Melcher as Paula, seine Tochter Bum Krüger as Gustav Kluge, Bäckermeister Ernst von Klipstein as Assessor Dr. Erich Horn Friedrich Domin as Justizrat Dr. Horn, sein Vater Franz Schafheitlin as Prosecutor Walter Janssen as Amtsgerichtsrat Meier Hilli Wildenhain as Frau Puschke References Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan 1999. External links 1949 films West German films German comedy films German black-and-white films 1949 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Erich Kobler German films based on plays Remakes of German films 1940s German films