The Victor (German: Der Sieger) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin and starring Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy and Julius Falkenstein. A postal clerk loses his money gambling on horses, but eventually meets and falls in love with a wealthy man's daughter.[1] It premiered on 23 March 1932 at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.[2]
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| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
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| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Erich Kettelhut. A separate French-language version Le vainqueur was made, also directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin, with Käthe von Nagy, Jean Murat and Pierre Brasseur.
Cast
edit- Hans Albers as Hans Kühnert
- Käthe von Nagy as Helene
- Julius Falkenstein as Ponta
- Hans Brausewetter as Hunter
- Frida Richard as Kühnerts Mutter
- Max Gülstorff as Hoteldirektor
- Ida Wüst as Schneiderin
- Adele Sandrock as Ältere Dame im Hotel
- Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender as Ein Sänger
- Alfred Beierle
- Eugen Burg
- Hans Deppe
- Arthur Mainzer
- Arthur Peiser
- Willi Schur
- Bruno Ziener
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
References
editBibliography
edit- Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Providence: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
External links
edit- The Victor at IMDb
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