''Bomben auf Monte Carlo'' is a 1930

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by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen.

Description

In the novel, the penniless captain of a vessel puts into

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...

, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise.

Film adaptations

The story has been made into four films at the time of writing. In 1931 the German film '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' was made, with a French-language version ''

Captain Craddock ''Captain Craddock'' (french: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language vers ...

'' and an English-language version '' Monte Carlo Madness'' made at the same time. In 1960 a fourth film version was made entitled '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' and directed by

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