Monte Carlo Madness

1932 film

Fritz Reck-Malleczewen (novel)
Rowland V. Lee
Hans Müller
Franz Schulz

Produced byErich PommerStarring

Sari Maritza
Hans Albers
Helen Haye

Cinematography

Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Günther Rittau

Edited byWilly ZeynMusic byWerner R. Heymann

Production
company

UFA

Distributed byBritish International Pictures

Release dates

23 March 1932 (1932-03-23) (London)
3 June 1932 (1932-06-03) (New York)

Running time

83 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageEnglish

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 to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and 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.