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Monte Carlo Madness (1932 film)

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Initial release
  
July 25, 1932

Running time
  
1h 23m

Adapted from
  
Bomben auf Monte Carlo

Duration
  

Director
  
Hanns Schwarz

Genre
  
Musical

Writer
  
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen (novel), Rowland V. Lee (dialogues), Hans Muller, Franz Schulz

Cast
  
Hans Albers
,
Sari Maritza
,
John Deverell
,
Helen Haye
,
Charles Redgie

Related Hanns Schwarz movies
  
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929), Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), Le capitaine Craddock (1931), Burglars (1930)

Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film Monte Carlo Madness, which was based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo.

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Plot

In Monte Carlo, a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a Queen.

Cast

  • Sari Maritza ... Queen Yola
  • Hans Albers ... Capt. Erickson
  • Charles Redgie ... Peter
  • Helen Haye ... Isabel
  • John Deverell ... Consul
  • C. Hooper Trask ... Prime Minister
  • Comedian Harmonists ... Themselves
  • Kapelle Carlo Minari ... Themselves - Orchestra

    • Reception

    The film was not a success with contemporary critics. A review in Film Pictorial observed that "Erich Pommer is a great producer, but in this film he does not live up to his established reputation.

    References

    Monte Carlo Madness (1932 film) Wikipedia
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    Monte Carlo Madness (1932 film) IMDb


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