''North Pole, Ahoy'' (german: Nordpol – Ahoi!) is a 1934 German
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton (born Endre Marton; 26 January 1904 – 7 January 1992) was a Hungarian-American film director. In his career, he directed 39 films and television programs, and worked on 16 as a second unit director, including the chariot race in ...
and starring
Walter Riml
Walter Riml (September 23, 1905 – June 21, 1994) was an Austrian cameraman and actor.
Life
Born in Innsbruck, the 2.05 m tall Tyrolean at first was trained as a carpenter and an interior designer. As a passionate sportsman and skier he contac ...
,
Guzzi Lantschner and
Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor.
Biography
Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 ...
. A film company goes to shoot its latest production in the
Arctic
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar regions of Earth, polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenla ...
.
It was made by the German subsidiary of
Universal Pictures
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, the last feature to be released by the company who withdrew from Germany to Austria following the takeover by the
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...
. It was shot partly
on location in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
.
[Waldman p. 25] The film's
production design was by
Fritz Maurischat
Fritz Maurischat (April 27, 1893 in Berlin – December 11, 1986) was a German production designer. He made his film debut in 1924. Over the next 38 years, he worked on over 70 films, all of them in his native Germany.
He earned an Oscar nominati ...
.
Cast
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Walter Riml
Walter Riml (September 23, 1905 – June 21, 1994) was an Austrian cameraman and actor.
Life
Born in Innsbruck, the 2.05 m tall Tyrolean at first was trained as a carpenter and an interior designer. As a passionate sportsman and skier he contac ...
as Fietje
*
Guzzi Lantschner as Tietje
* Jarmila Marton as Rita Nora
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Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor.
Biography
Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 ...
as Leading seaman
* Karl Buchholz as Film Director
*
Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an actor born in Lockenhaus, now Austria, then Hungary. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933.
Biography
S ...
as Director
*
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß
Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ...
as Professor Pierson
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Senta Söneland
Senta Söneland (9 September 1882 – 20 July 1934) was a German stage and film actress.Ball p.68
Selected filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Benjamin the Timid'' (1916)
* '' The King of Paris'' (1930)
* '' The Copper'' (1930)
* ''Su ...
as Mrs. Pierson
*
Walter Gross
* Nora Nord
* Charly Berger
*
Louis Adlon
Louis Adlon (7 October 1907 – 31 March 1947), also known as Duke Adlon, was a German-born film actor.
Biography
Adlon was the grandson of Lorenz Adlon, founder of the famous Adlon Hotel in Berlin, where he spent much of his childhood. Adlo ...
References
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1934 films
1934 comedy films
Films of Nazi Germany
German comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Andrew Marton
Films shot in Greenland
Universal Pictures films
Films about filmmaking
Films scored by Paul Dessau
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
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