The Blue Fox (1938 film)
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Directed by | Viktor Tourjansky |
Written by | |
Produced by | Bruno Duday |
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Cinematography | Franz Weihmayr |
Edited by | Walter Fredersdorf |
Music by | Lothar Brühne |
Production company | UFA |
Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Blue Fox (German: Der Blaufuchs) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Paul Hörbiger.[1] It was based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg. It includes the song Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting.
Synopsis[]
Tired by her husband's lack of interest in her, due to his obsessive focus on his scientific study of fish, a Budapest woman flirts with the idea of running off with another man.
Cast[]
- Zarah Leander as Ilona Paulus
- Willy Birgel as Tabor Vary
- Paul Hörbiger as Stephan Paulus
- Jane Tilden as Lisi
- Karl Schönböck as Trill
- Rudolf Platte as Coachman Bela
- as Signalman Ürem
- Edith Meinhard as Tilla
- Gertrud de Lalsky as Professorengattin
- Erich Dunskus as Tankstellenwart
- Olga Engl as Ilonas Tante Margit
- as Tankstellenlehrling
- Max Hiller as Ungarischer Bauer am Bahnhof
- Antonie Jaeckel as Die Frau Rektor
- as Professorengattin
- Ingolf Kuntze as Direktor des Trocadero
- as Anuschka, Magd bei Tante Margit
- as Professorengattin
- as Spielleiter im Trocadero
- Paul Rehkopf as Ungarischer Bauer
- as Frau des Bahnwärters
- as Josy, Diener bei Tante Margit
References[]
- ^ Reimer & Reimer p. 159
Bibliography[]
- Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.
- Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3186-3.
External links[]
- The Blue Fox at IMDb
Categories:
- 1938 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German comedy films
- 1938 comedy films
- Films directed by Victor Tourjansky
- German films based on plays
- Films based on works by Ferenc Herczeg
- Films set in Budapest
- German black-and-white films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films with screenplays by Karl Georg Külb
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- 1930s German film stubs