''Game on Board'' (german: Spiel an Bord) is a 1936 German
comedy
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crime film directed by
Herbert Selpin
Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic'', during the production of which h ...
and starring
Viktor de Kowa
Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet.
Life
He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...
,
Susi Lanner and
Alfred Abel
Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 443]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Erich Czerwonski.
Location shooting
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for ex ...
took place in
Bremerhaven
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It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the Riv ...
and
New York and on the
Atlantic
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crossing of the
ocean liner ''
SS Bremen''. Interior scenes were shot at the
Tempelhof Studios
The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial bac ...
in
Berlin
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.
Cast
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Viktor de Kowa
Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet.
Life
He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...
as Viktor Müller
*
Susi Lanner as Susanne Rauh, Sekretärin
*
Alfred Abel
Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...
as I. C. Corner, Konzernchef
*
Carsta Löck
Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Refugees'' (1933)
* '' Ripening Youth'' (1933)
* '' The Double Fiance'' (1934)
* '' Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934)
* '' Police Report'' (19 ...
as Fräulein Distelmann, Politesse
*
Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918)
* '' The Doll'' (1919)
* '' ...
as Herr Henning
*
Erika Bert as Astrid, seine Tochter
*
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Marquis de la Tours, ein Betrüger
*
Paul Heidemann
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
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People
Christianity
* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
as Baron von Western, sein Komplize
*
Ernst Waldow
Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916)
* '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929)
*'' The Green Domino'' (1 ...
as Corner Sekretär Black
*
Günther Lüders
Günther Lüders (5 March 1905 – 1 March 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1934 and 1975. He lived in Urfeld am Walchensee from 1954 until 1975.
Selected filmography
* ''Count Woronzeff'' (1934), as Cousin ...
as Matrose
*
Erich Fiedler
Erich Fiedler (15 March 1901 – 19 May 1981) was a German film actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Robert Morley.
Selected filmography
* ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932)
* '' Overnight Sensation'' (1932)
* '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (1933 ...
as Obersteward
*
Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Boy Horst
*
Edith Meinhard as erste Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten
*
Max Wilmsen as Hafenarbeiter
*
Fritz Draeger
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as Steward
*
Lothar Devaal
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as Steward
*
Curt Lauermann as Besatzungsmitglied
*
Jutta von Remsky as zweite Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten
*
Curt de Planque as Tänzer im Speisesaal
*
Ferdinand Robert
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
as Passagier im Speisesaal
*
Klaus Seiwert as Passagier im Speisesaal
*
Ernst Stimmel
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Flora Berthold
References
Bibliography
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1936 films
1930s crime comedy films
German crime comedy films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Herbert Selpin
Films set on ships
Terra Film films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
German black-and-white films
1936 comedy films
1930s German films
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