Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything
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Directed by | Curt Goetz |
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Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
Edited by | René Métain |
Music by | Franz Grothe |
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Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (German: Napoleon ist an allem schuld) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Curt Goetz and starring Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Paul Henckels.[1] It marked the German debut of the Norwegian-born star Kirsten Heiberg.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.
When Goetz and his wife subsequently emigrated from Nazi Germany, the film was banned by Joseph Goebbels.
Synopsis[]
Lord Cavershott is a fanatical admirer of Napoleon to the extent that he neglects his own wife Josephine. While attending a conference in Paris to commemorate the French Emperor he becomes mixed up with an attractive young singer, leading to complications and much confusion.
Cast[]
- Curt Goetz as Lord Arthur Cavershott
- Valerie von Martens as Lady Josephine Cavershott
- Paul Henckels as Lord Cunningham
- Else von Möllendorff as Pünktchen (Madeleine)
- Kirsten Heiberg as Fifi
- Max Gülstorff as Professor Meunier
- Willi Schur as Rustan
- Maria Krahn as Madge, Kammerzofe
- Leopold von Ledebur as Butler William
- Hans Mierendorff as Revue-Dichter
- Rudolf Schündler as Rundfunkreporter
- Eduard von Winterstein as Mister Harrison
- Jack Trevor as Minister
- Olga Limburg as Madame Prunelle
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Revue-Napoleon
- Horst Birr as Junger reporter in paris
- as Regisseur Cukier
- as Tänzer
- as Tänzerin
- Walter Gross as Reiseführer im Autobus
- Charly Berger as Assistant Kriminalbeamter
- as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
- as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
- Angelo Ferrari as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
- as Diener
- Fred Goebel as Kriminalbeamter
- Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
- as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
- Seraj Munir as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
- Karl Platen as Angestellter im Pariser Theater
- Werner Schott as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
- as Wirt
- as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
- as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
References[]
- ^ Kreimeier p. 287
Bibliography[]
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1938 films
- German-language films
- 1938 comedy films
- German comedy films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Curt Goetz
- Tobis Film films
- Films set in Paris
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s German film stubs