| Seven Slaps | |
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| Directed by | Paul Martin |
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| Based on | Hét pofon (novel) by Károly Aszlányi |
| Produced by | Max Pfeiffer |
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| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Kurt Schröder |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Seven Slaps (German: Sieben Ohrfeigen) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Alfred Abel. Like the earlier Lucky Kids , which had the same director and stars, it was an attempt to create a German version of screwball comedy. While the previous film had a New York setting, this takes place in London. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was loosely remade in 1970 as Slap in the Face .
After he loses some money on the stock exchange, a young man seeks revenge on the speculator responsible by slapping him. He intends to slap him once every day for a week as retribution, but things become complicated when he becomes entangled with the speculator's attractive daughter.