Monte Carlo Madnes
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Monte Carlo Madnes is a 1931 German
musical
comedy film
directed by Hanns Schwarz
and starring Hans Albers
, Anna Sten
and Heinz Rühmann
. It is based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo
by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
. A separate English language version Monte Carlo Madness
and a French version Le capitaine Craddock
were also made.
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Hanns Schwarz
Hanns Schwarz
Hanns Schwarz was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna in 1888. He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. His last film was the 1937 British thriller Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel...
and starring Hans Albers
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
, Anna Sten
Anna Sten
Anna Sten was a Ukrainian-born Russian silent film actress and later a Hollywood film star. She began her career in stage plays and films in Russia before travelling to Germany, where she starred in several films...
and Heinz Rühmann
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s...
. It is based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo
Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel)
Bomben auf Monte Carlo is a 1930 German comedy novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The penniless captain of a vessel puts into Monte Carlo, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise....
by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
Friedrich Percival Reck-Malleczewen was a German author.Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen was born on the estate of Malleczewen, Masuria ,the son of the Prussian Politician and landowner Hermann Reck. He originally wanted to be a musician, and at one point studied medicine in Innsbruck...
. A separate English language version Monte Carlo Madness
Monte Carlo Madness
Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German English-language musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. In Monte Carlo a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a Queen...
and a French version Le capitaine Craddock
Le capitaine Craddock
Le capitaine Craddock is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film Monte Carlo Madnes. It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte...
were also made.
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- Hans AlbersHans AlbersHans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
... Craddock - Anna StenAnna StenAnna Sten was a Ukrainian-born Russian silent film actress and later a Hollywood film star. She began her career in stage plays and films in Russia before travelling to Germany, where she starred in several films...
... Yola - Heinz RühmannHeinz RühmannHeinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s...
... Peter Schmidt - Ida WüstIda WüstIda Wüst was a German stage and film actress, whose career was most prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG .-Life and career:...
... Isabell - Rachel DevirysRachel DevirysRachel Devirys was a French film actress born in the Crimea, Russian Empire . She starred in some 50 films between 1917 and 1956.-Selected filmography:* Au-delà des lois humaines...
... Diane - Kurt GerronKurt GerronKurt Gerron was a German Jewish actor and film director.-Life:Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he initially studied medicine but was called up for military service in World War I. Seriously wounded he qualified as a military doctor of the German Army...
... Casino Manager / Kasinodirektor - Karl EtlingerKarl EtlingerKarl Etlinger was a German film actor. He appeared in 117 films between 1914 and 1946.-Selected filmography:* Nosferatu * Phantom * Gräfin Donelli * One Does Not Play with Love...
... Consul / Konsul - Peter LorrePeter LorrePeter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M...
... Pawlitschek - Otto WallburgOtto WallburgOtto Wallburg was a German actor.-Selected filmography:* Der rote Kreis * Der Hampelmann * Hocuspocus * Yorck * Ihre Majestät die Liebe * Queen of the Night...
... Minister / Ministerpräsident - Charles Kullmann ... Street Singer / Ein Straßen sänger
- Bruno Ziener ... Jeweler / Ein Juwelier