dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪ ˈɜːli jˈɪɹz ʌv sˈaʊnd fˈɪlm hiː wˈɜːkt æz ɐ pɹədˈuːsɚ fɔːɹ ˈɛɹɪtʃ pˈɑːmɚɹ æt jˈuːfə ðˈɛn fɔːɹ dˈɪfɹənt pɹədˈʌkʃən kˈʌmpəniz ɪn dʒˈɜːməni, ˈɔːstɹiə ænd fɹˈæns dᵻɹˈɛktɪŋ ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv mˌʌltɪlˈɪŋɡwəl vˈɜːʒənz ɪn dʒˈɜːmən ænd fɹˈɛntʃ ɐmˌʌŋ ðoʊz ɪz ˈaɪhɚ mɐdʒˈɛstɛt dˈaɪ lˈiːb slˈæʃ sˈʌn ˈɔːltɛs ˈɛlˈæmɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn ʌvðə bˈɛst mjˈuːzɪkəl kˈɑːmədiz ʌvðə wˈaɪmɚ sˈɪnəmə.
During the early years of sound film he worked as a producer for Erich Pommer at Ufa then for different production companies in Germany, Austria and France directing a series of multilingual versions in German and French among those is Ihre Majestät die Liebe / Son altesse l'amour (1930) one of the best musical comedies of the Weimar Cinema.