The Company's in Love

The Company's in Love
Lien Deyers and Gustav Fröhlich at the swimming baths
Directed by	Max Ophüls
Written by	Bruno Granichstaedten Ernst Marischka Fritz Zeckendorf
Starring	Gustav Fröhlich Anny Ahlers Lien Deyers
Music by	Bruno Granichstaedten
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Else Baum
Production company	Deutsches Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed by	Deutsches Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	22 February 1932
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Company's in Love (German: Die verliebte Firma) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Anny Ahlers and Lien Deyers.^[1]

It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach and Erwin Scharf.

Synopsis

When a temperamental film star storms off the set, a production crew shooting in the Alps decide to recruit a local post office employee to replace her. Complications ensue once they return to Berlin as they have all fallen in love with her.

Cast

• Gustav Fröhlich as Werner Loring jr. - stellvertr. Direktor der Ideal Tonfilm
• Anny Ahlers as Peggy Barling - Filmstar
• Lien Deyers as Gretl Krummbichler - Postbeamtin
• Ernö Verebes as Heinrich Pulver - Regieassist.
• José Wedorn as Leo Lamberti - Kammersänger
• Leonard Steckel as Harry Bing - Regisseur
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Fritz Willner - Filmautor
• Fritz Steiner as Toni Bauer - Komponist
• Hermann Krehan as Karl Martini - Filmoperateur
• Werner Finck as Franz Klingemüller - Postvorstand

References

Bibliography

• Jaimey Fisher. Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations. Boydell & Brewer, 2013.

External links

• The Company's in Love on IMDb