''Grandstand for General Staff'' (german: Der Feldherrnhügel) is a 1932 German
comedy film
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directed by
Eugen Thiele
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and starring
Iván Petrovich
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He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful international movie career. Petrovich mainly w ...
,
Elga Brink
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, and
Betty Bird
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.
It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios
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History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...
in
Munich
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Ludwig Reiber
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.
Cast
See also
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Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926)
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Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953)
References
Bibliography
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1932 films
1932 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Eugen Thiele
German films based on plays
Films set in the 1900s
Films set in Austria
Military humor in film
Remakes of Austrian films
Remakes of German films
Sound film remakes of silent films
Bavaria Film films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
1930s German films
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