| The Cruel Mistress | |
| Director: | Carl Lamac |
| Distributor: | Hugo Engel-Filmgesellschaft |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
The Cruel Mistress (German: Die grausame Freundin) is a 1932 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Fritz Rasp and Lina Woiwode.[1] A separate French-language version Should We Wed Them? was also released. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Professor Bock, a quarrelsome astronomer, has long had a falling out with his brother, who went to America after marrying a circus performer. When his brother's widow and her son Jim arrive, a romance blossoms between the young man and the professor's daughter Welgunda.