The Little Escapade

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The Little Escapade
The Little Escapade.jpg
Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
Written by
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Starring
Cinematography Werner Brandes
Music by Ralph Erwin
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 14 August 1931 (1931-08-14)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Little Escapade (German : Der kleine Seitensprung) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Hans Brausewetter. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Werner Schlichting. A separate French-language version was also made.

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Synopsis

A woman pretends that she is having an affair as a joke on her husband, but as he decides to start divorce proceedings she realises she has taken the joke too far.

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