Adventure in Warsaw

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Adventure in Warsaw
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Directed by Carl Boese
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Georg Krause
Music by Michael Jary
Production
companies
Distributed by Tobis Film
Release date
  • 1 February 1938 (1938-02-01)
Countries
  • Germany
  • Poland
Language German

Adventure in Warsaw (German : Abenteuer in Warschau) is a 1938 German-Polish comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Georg Alexander, Paul Klinger and Jadwiga Kenda. The film was the second of two German-Polish co-productions following Augustus the Strong (1936). [1]

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A separate Polish version A Diplomatic Wife was released.

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  1. Kreimeier p. 283

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