''Money on the Street'' (german: Geld auf der Straße) is a 1930 Austrian-German
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring Lydia Pollman,
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
, and
Franz Schafheitlin
Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Bordellos ...
. It is notable for the screen debut of
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr (; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. A film star during Hollywood's golden age, Lamarr has been described as one of the greatest movie actresse ...
, who played a small role as an
extra
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.
Plot
A young woman tries to escape her fate of marriage to a dull, but wealthy fiancée.
Cast
Production
The film was made by
Sascha Film, Austria's largest production company, at the
Sievering Studios
Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna.
The studios were established in 1916 by the film pioneer Alexander Kolowrat for use by his Sascha-Film. After the First World War they f ...
in
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It was the first
sound film
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made in Austria, facilitated by an agreement made with the German firm
Tobis Film
Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound studio. Tobis ...
who supplied the sound recording equipment. The story was adapted from a play by
Rudolf Bernauer
Rudolf Bernauer (20 January 1880, in Vienna – 27 November 1953, in London) was an Austrian lyricist, librettist, screenwriter, film director, producer,
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and actor.
His ...
. The film's
art direction
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was by
Hans Jacoby and
Emil Stepanek
Emil Stepanek (21 February 1895 – 12 April 1945) was an Austrian set designer and film architect.
Biography
Stepanek was born in Vienna, the son of a carpenter, and received a training in stage set construction, in which he worked for severa ...
.
References
External links
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1930 romantic comedy films
Austrian romantic comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German romantic comedy films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
Films set in Vienna
Films shot in Vienna
German films based on plays
Films shot at Sievering Studios
1930s German films
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