Bobby Gets Going

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Bobby Gets Going
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Directed by Harry Piel
Written by Henrik Galeen
Edmund Heuberger
Hans Rameau
Based onBobby erwacht by Georg Mühlen-Schulte
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Harry Piel
Starring Harry Piel
Annie Markart
Hilde Hildebrand
Cinematography Ewald Daub
Edited by René Métain
Music by Fritz Wenneis
Production
company
Ariel-Film
Distributed by Deutsche Universal-Film
Release date
3 December 1931
Running time
95 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Bobby Gets Going (German: Bobby geht los) is a 1931 German comedy action film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Annie Markart, Hilde Hildebrand and Kurt Lilien. [1] It was shot at the EFA Studios in Halensee and on location around Berlin including at the Sportpalast. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer. It was based on a 1926 novel by Georg Mühlen-Schulte. It was distributed by the German branch of Universal Pictures.

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