Language German Media type Print Genre Comedy | Publication date 1930 Originally published 1930 Country German literature | |
Adaptations Monte Carlo Madness (1931), Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960), Monte Carlo Madness (1932) | ||
Bomben auf Monte Carlo is a 1930 German comedy novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen.
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Description
In the novel, the penniless captain of a vessel puts into Monte Carlo, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise.
Film adaptations
The story has been made into four films at the time of writing. In 1931 the German film Monte Carlo Madness was made, with a French-language version Captain Craddock and an English-language version Monte Carlo Madness made at the same time.
In 1960 a fourth film version was made entitled Bombs on Monte Carlo and directed by Georg Jacoby.
References
Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA