The Cheeky Devil

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The Cheeky Devil
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Directed by
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Erno Hajos
Music by
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 29 April 1932 (1932-04-29)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Cheeky Devil (German : Der Frechdachs) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and Heinz Hille and starring Willy Fritsch, Camilla Horn and Ralph Arthur Roberts. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi A. Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz. A separate French-language version You Will Be My Wife was also released.

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References

  1. Waldman p. 46

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