Game on Board

Game on Board
Game on Board
Directed by	Herbert Selpin
Written by	Axel Ivers (play); Herbert Selpin; Walter Zerlett-Olfenius ;
Produced by	Martin Pichert
Starring	Viktor de Kowa ; Susi Lanner ; Alfred Abel ;
Cinematography	Bruno Timm
Edited by	Alexandra Anatra
Music by	Michael Jary ; Heinrich Strecker ;
Production; company	Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	3 November 1936;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Last updated March 31, 2025

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.

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.

Cast

Viktor de Kowa as Viktor Müller
Susi Lanner as Susanne Rauh, Sekretärin
Alfred Abel as I. C. Corner, Konzernchef
Carsta Löck as Fräulein Distelmann, Politesse
Jakob Tiedtke as Herr Henning
Erika Bert as Astrid, seine Tochter
Hubert von Meyerinck as Marquis de la Tours, ein Betrüger
Paul Heidemann as Baron von Western, sein Komplize
Ernst Waldow as Corner Sekretär Black
Günther Lüders as Matrose
Erich Fiedler as Obersteward
Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Boy Horst
Edith Meinhard as erste Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten
Max Wilmsen as Hafenarbeiter
Fritz Draeger as Steward
Lothar Devaal as Steward
Curt Lauermann as Besatzungsmitglied
Jutta von Remsky as zweite Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten
Curt de Planque as Tänzer im Speisesaal
Ferdinand Robert as Passagier im Speisesaal
Klaus Seiwert as Passagier im Speisesaal
Ernst Stimmel
Flora Berthold

References

↑ Bock & Bergfelder p. 443

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

Game on Board at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 443

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