wounds with the others, critic Erich Urban noted that “when [Arno] unveils his perforated body to Hansen […] the whole theatre screams and gasp, not just the upper balconies”. Im weißen Rössl contains a similar scene, in which Arno presents himself as a “gorgeous bathing beauty” and undresses, before plunging into the Wolfgangsee. Even though Charell's revues were inspired by America and England, this kind of nudity and sexual liberation was only found in Berlin during the Roaring Twenties. After 1933, the Nazis suppressed such most of the sexual freedom in operetta, because it was seen as "Jewish" and "degenerate". Unfortunately, 1945 the German operetta scene never returned to the liberated ideals of the 1920s and adapted many of the famous shows from that era to fit the new 'innocent' style of the post-war period. This eventually led Charell to leave the theatre and film business entirely, and focus on his art collection instead. Film and stage work Actor 1919 Prince Cuckoo, Director: Paul Leni 1920 Figures of the Night, Director: Richard Oswald Stage director 1924 An Alle! "Die große Schau im großen Schauspielhaus in zwei Akten und zwanzig Bildern", with music by Ralph Benatzky, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern et al. 1925 Für Dich (revue) 1926 Von Mund zu Mund (revue) 1927 Der Mikado (adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera) 1927 Madame Pompadour (adaptation of the Leo Fall operetta) 1928 Die lustige Witwe (adaptation of the Franz Lehár operetta by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch, with Fritzi Massary and Max Hansen in the leading roles) 1928 Casanova, with music by Ralph Benatzky and Johann Strauss, at the Grosse Schauspielhaus Berlin, with Michael Bohnen in the title role 1929 Drei Musketiere, with music by Ralph Benatzky, at the Grosse Schauspielhaus Berlin, with Alfred Jerger, Max Hansen, La Jana and Siegfried Arno 1930 Im weißen Rössl, with music by Ralph Benatzky, at the Grosse Schauspielhaus Berlin, with Max Hansen, Siegfried Arno and Camilla Spira 1936 The White Horse Inn, with Kitty Carlisle at the Center Theatre, New York 1939 Swingin' the Dream, with music by Jimmy Van Heusen 1950 Feuerwerk, with music by Paul Burkhard, at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Film director 1931 Der Kongreß tanzt, with Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover, music by Werner Richard Heymann 1934 Caravan, with Charles Boyer and Loretta Young, music by Werner Richard Heymann Producer 1952 The White Horse Inn (dir.