Game on Board

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Game on Board
Game on Board.jpg
Directed by Herbert Selpin
Written by
Produced byMartin Pichert
Starring
Cinematography Bruno Timm
Edited byAlexandra Anatra
Music by
Production
company
Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed by Terra Film
Release date
  • 3 November 1936 (1936-11-03)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Game on Board (German : Spiel an Bord) is a 1936 German comedy crime film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Viktor de Kowa, Susi Lanner and Alfred Abel. [1] Location shooting took place in Bremerhaven and New York and on the Atlantic crossing of the ocean liner SS Bremen . Interior scenes were shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski.

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Synopsis

Young chauffeur Viktor boards an ocean liner as a stowaway on an Atlantic crossing to America. A series of mistaken identities follow as he is confused for a millionaire travelling incognito, and is also able to thwart the schemes of two fraudsters on board.

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 443

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