''Escape to the Adriatic'' (German: ''Flucht an die Adria'') is a 1937 Austrian-Czech

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Eugen Schulz-Breiden and starring

Rolf Wanka Rolf Wanka (14 February 1901 – 28 November 1982) was an Austrian actor. Biography He was of Czech, German and French origin. His father was Dr. Josef Wanka was head physician in Vienna. His mother was Emma Pippich. His family owned a mans ...

, Willi Volker and Rózsi Csikós. In Germany it was released in 1939 under the title ''Sprung ins Glück''.Goble p.394 It was shot at the

Barrandov Studios Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Several major Hollywood productions have been made here, including '' Mission Impossible'', ' ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gottlieb Hesch. A separate Czech version ''

Irca's Romance ''Irca's Romance'' (Czech: ''Irčin románek'') is a 1936 Czech romance film directed by Karel Hašler and starring Jiřina Steimarová, Rolf Wanka and Theodor Pištěk. It was one of several Czech films of the 1930s to involve a trip to an Adr ...

'' was also released.

Cast

* Rolf Wanka as Fred Bergen - Monteur * Willi Volker as Generaldirektor Bongardt * Rózsi Csikós as Friedl - seine Tochter * Tibor Halmay as Harry Peters - sein Neffe *

Lizzi Holzschuh Lizzi Holzschuh (1908–1979) was an Austrian singer and actress. Selected filmography * ''Our Emperor'' (1933) * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1934) * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1934) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1935) * '' The Charm of ...

as Lolo - Harrys Freundin * Else Lord as Frau Schulz

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1937 films Czechoslovak drama films Austrian drama films 1937 drama films 1930s German-language films Films shot at Barrandov Studios Austrian multilingual films Austrian black-and-white films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czechoslovak multilingual films 1937 multilingual films {{Austria-film-stub