Monte Carlo Madness

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Monte Carlo Madness
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German film poster
Directed by Hanns Schwarz
Written by
Produced by Erich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Willy Zeyn
Music by Werner R. Heymann
Production
company
UFA
Distributed by British International Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 March 1932 (1932-03-23)(London)
  • 3 June 1932 (1932-06-03)(New York)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageEnglish

Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. [1] It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film Bombs on Monte Carlo , which was based on the 1930 novel Bombs on Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost 375,000  ℛℳ to produce. [2]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.

Plot

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.

Cast

Reception

The film was not a success with contemporary critics. A review in Film Pictorial observed that "Erich Pommer is a great producer, but in this film he does not live up to his established reputation. [3]

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars . Berghahn Books. p. 136. ISBN   978-1-57181-930-7.
  3. Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books. p. 51. ISBN   978-0-85745-019-7.