The Company's in Love

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]

The Company's in Love
Lien Deyers and Gustav Fröhlich at the swimming baths
Directed byMax Ophüls
Written by
Starring
Music byBruno Granichstaedten
CinematographyKarl Puth
Edited byElse Baum
Production
company
Deutsches Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed byDeutsches Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 22 February 1932 (1932-02-22)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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

  1. Fisher p. 93

Bibliography

  • Fisher, Jaimey (2013). Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-57113-570-4.
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