The Thing About Styx (German: Die Sache mit Styx) is a 1942 German comedy crime film directed by Karl Anton and starring Laura Solari, Viktor de Kowa and Margit Symo.[1] It was based on the novel Rittmeister Styx by Georg Mühlen-Schulte.
| The Thing About Styx | |
|---|---|
 Italian release poster | |
| German | Die Sache mit Styx |
| Directed by | Karl Anton |
| Written by | Curt J. Braun |
| Based on | Rittmeister Styx by Georg Mühlen-Schulte |
| Produced by | Karl Anton Walter Lehmann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
| Edited by | Lena Neumann |
| Music by | Harald Böhmelt |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
edit- Laura Solari as Julia Sander
- Viktor de Kowa as Captain Styx
- Margit Symo as Ariane
- Will Dohm as Basilio
- Curt Lucas as Jules Stone
- Walter Steinbeck as Jacques Stone
- Hans Leibelt as consul Sander
- Harald Paulsen as Dr. Bonnett
- Theodor Loos as Lenski
- Franz Weber as Cyrill
- Werner Scharf as Tschelebi
- Franz Zimmermann as Dodley
- Kurt Seifert as Eugene
- Karl Meixner as messenger
- Leo Peukert as Duchan
- Hans Stiebner as host
- Louis Ralph as packager
- Wilhelm Bendow as administrator of the legation
- Kurt Mikulski as opera doorman
- Theodor Vogeler as accompanist #1
- Friedrich Petermann as accompanist #2
- Karl Jüstel
- Angelo Ferrari
- Franz Schafheitlin
- Walter Bechmann
References
edit- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 15. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
Bibliography
edit- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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