The Gentleman from Maxim's

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The Gentleman from Maxim's
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German Die Herren vom Maxim
Directed by Carl Boese
Written by Bobby E. Lüthge
Károly Nóti
Produced by Felix Pfitzner  [ de ]
Ilja Salkind
Starring
Cinematography Carl Drews
Heinz Kluth  [ de ]
Edited by Hildegard Grebner  [ de ]
Music by
Production
company
T.K. Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed byNational Film
Kiba Filmverleih (Austria)
Release date
  • 1 January 1933 (1933-01-01)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Gentleman from Maxim's (German : Die Herren vom Maxim) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lee Parry, Johannes Riemann and Oskar Karlweis. [1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer and Walter Reimann. [2]

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Synopsis

A lawyer falls in love with a pretty soubrette. When a womanizer friend comes to visit, the lawyer tries to pair the potential competitor off with another woman.

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References

  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 385. ISBN   1571816550. JSTOR   j.ctt1x76dm6.
  2. Klaus p.68

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