Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie.[1] It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film Bombs on Monte Carlo, which was based on the 1930 novel Bombs on Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost 375,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ to produce.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
Plot
In Monte Carlo, a captain tries his luck at the gaming table to raise money to pay his crew. He meets and falls in love with a queen.
Cast
- Sari Maritza as Queen Yola
- Hans Albers as Capt. Erickson
- Charles Redgie as Peter
- Helen Haye as Isabel
- John Deverell as Consul
- C. Hooper Trask as Prime Minister
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
- Kapelle Carlo Minari as 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.[3]
References
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
- ^ Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-85745-019-7.
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