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 ℛℳ to produce.[2]
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Directed by | Hanns Schwarz |
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Produced by | Erich Pommer |
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Edited by | Willy Zeyn |
Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
Production company | UFA |
Distributed by | British International Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | English |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
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.
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]
The films of Hanns Schwarz | |
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