Capers
1937 · Germany
- Director
- Gustaf Gründgens
- Screenplay
- Willi Forst, Jochen Karl Werner Huth
- Producer
- Willi Forst
- Music
- Peter Kreuder
- Cinematography
- Franz Planer, Kurt Neubert
- Editing
- Hans Wolff
Cast
What it is about
Journalist Jack Warren has built a reputation interviewing successful women, though he secretly tires of the work. His path crosses with that of actress Dorothy Hopkins, whom he mistakes for the famous aviator Mabel Atkinson. From there, misunderstandings multiply, since he in turn takes the real Mabel for someone else.
How it was made
Directed by and starring Gustaf Gründgens, Capers was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The sets were designed by Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. Terra Film produced and released it, while Tobis Film handled international distribution. Willi Forst and Jochen Karl Werner Huth wrote the screenplay, Peter Kreuder composed the score, and Franz Planer and Kurt Neubert shot the photography. Alongside Gründgens, the cast includes Marianne Hoppe, Fita Benkhoff, Maria Bard and Volker von Collande.
Reception and legacy
Little documented information survives about its critical and commercial reception, so its welcome and lasting impact cannot be described with precision. It is remembered as a light German comedy of its period, clearly aimed at entertainment, within the film output of the Nazi era.
Trivia
Johannisthal Studios
The shoot took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin, where the sets designed by Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting were built.
Two studios, one film
Terra Film produced and released the film, while Tobis Film handled its international distribution.
More films by Gustaf Gründgens
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