Bombs on Monte Carlo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bombs on Monte Carlo |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hanns Schwarz |
| script |
Hans Müller Franz Schulz |
| production | Erich Pommer |
| music | Werner Richard Heymann |
| camera |
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet Günther Rittau |
| cut | Willy Zeyn junior |
| occupation | |
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Bombs on Monte Carlo is a modern film operetta by Universum Film from 1931 , which premiered on August 31, 1931 in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo . The music is by Werner Richard Heymann .
action
Captain Craddock commands the cruiser Persimon , lying in the Mediterranean Sea , which sails under the flag of the Kingdom of Pontenero. Like his team, he has not received any pay for a long time because the kingdom is bankrupt. Therefore he refuses to take Queen Yola I on board for a Mediterranean cruise.
Instead he goes to Monte Carlo to confront the consul of Pontenero there. Yola is already there, incognito, who sacrifices her pearl necklace for lack of money, for which Craddock finally receives an amount of 100,000 francs .
In the disguise of a half-world lady , Yola persuades the captain to try his luck in the casino, where Craddock loses all money after initial wins. He blames the head of the casino and threatens his ship to be shot at if he doesn't get the money back.
Unrecognized, Yola follows the angry captain on his cruiser, who actually has the ship's artillery ready the next day. Panic breaks out in the city and people flee. Yola reveals herself to be queen on deck and forbids the fire. She wants to make Craddock her naval minister, and since he is unruly, she lets the first officer arrest him without further ado. But Craddock jumps overboard in order to reach a passing passenger ship. Yola doesn't give up and gives the order to follow with the cruiser. The outcome remains open, the film ends with sailors' songs.
background
The film was based on motifs by Jenö Heltai and the novel of the same name by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen . The buildings are by Erich Kettelhut . Sound engineer Walter Tjaden fell ill during filming and had to be replaced by Hermann Fritzsching .
The film was also produced in an English and a French language version under the titles Monte Carlo Madness and Le capitaine Craddock .
A remake of the material, directed by Georg Jacoby with Eddie Constantine in the lead role, was also released in 1960s under the title Bombs on Monte Carlo . The later distribution title was Eddie drops the bomb .
The film is not to be confused with the 1930 turned American US film Monte Carlo by Ernst Lubitsch .
Songs
- When the wind blows over the sea - music: Werner Richard Heymann / text: Robert Gilbert - vocals: Comedian Harmonists
- That is the love of sailors - music: Werner Richard Heymann / text: Robert Gilbert - vocals: choir
- One night in Monte Carlo - music: Werner Richard Heymann / text: Robert Gilbert - vocals: Charles Kullmann
- Pontenero - music: Werner Richard Heymann / text: Robert Gilbert - vocals: Anna Sten
criticism
“Lively comedy, which is still gaining momentum mainly from the Albers / Rühmann team, but also from the hits performed by the Comedian Harmonists; artistically not outstanding, but thanks to the fantastic studio setting and the smug-ironic narrative attitude appealing and entertaining. "
“Hans Albers as craddock is making a big difference. Albers works by himself, a director cannot spoil him yet. Provisionally. But those blurry, slimy, sliding, rocking manuscripts must have brought him down too. Albers, who would have to give people of this time: officers who have found themselves in other professions, mass proletarians, petty bourgeoisie who cannot find their way around, failed and ascending, people of our day, our fate, the uprooted and the established, workers and snobs. "
“The success is called Hans Albers, who puts another guy down again - so splendidly mixed with blood, heart, sex appeal, muscles and the snout - that you have to go with him whether you want to or not. As a counterpart to him, brilliantly chosen: Heinz Rühmann, of agile, bumbling, loyal humor, better than ever. "
Awards
In a vote among German film theaters in 1932 on the most commercially successful sound films of the 1931/1932 season, the film came second behind Der Kongreß tanzt . He was awarded the title "Artistic".
literature
- Bombs on Monte Carlo Illustrated Film-Kurier number 1635 / 13th year 1931 in Filmprogramme Volume 4: Hans Albers; Kracauer p. 137
- Joachim Reichow bombs on Monte Carlo . In Günther Dahlke, Günther Karl (Hrsg.): German feature films from the beginnings to 1933. A film guide. Henschel Verlag, 2nd edition, Berlin 1993, p. 260 f. ISBN 3-89487-009-5
Web links
- Monte Carlo Madness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo at filmportal.de
- Bombs on Monte Carlo ( Memento from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-tonfilm.de
- Bombs on Monte Carlo Photos and literature
Individual evidence
- ^ Bombs on Monte Carlo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .