The Switched Bride (German: Die vertauschte Braut) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Anton Walbrook and Fritz Odemar.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Benno von Arent. A separate French-language version L'amour en cage was also produced.
Synopsis
Wealthy Virginia pays her lookalike Colly to serve a prison sentence in her place. When Colly is released, she sets her sights on Virginia's intended husband Charles, masquerading as the wealthier woman.
Cast
- Anny Ondra as Virginia Vanderloo / Colly
- Anton Walbrook as Charles
- Fritz Odemar as Bittner
- Otto Wernicke as Der Gefängnisdirektor
- Magda Lena
- O.E. Hasse
- Beppo Brem
- Josef Eichheim
- Otto Brüggemann
References
- ^ Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.19
Bibliography
- Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela and Weinstein, Valerie. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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