''A Man Has Been Stolen'' (French: ''On a volé un homme'') is a 1934 French comedy thriller film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Lili Damita,

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and Raoul Marco. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Heilbronner. The film was produced by

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, recently escaped from Nazi-controlled Germany, for the European subsidiary of

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. Many of the filmmakers employed were refugees from Nazi Germany. Pommer also produced another film simultaneously '' Liliom'', a romance film directed by Fritz Lang. Ophüls later suggested that he felt that the two directors had each been assigned to the wrong production "had we exchanged the films Lang most likely would have made an extraordinary mystery and I a very good romantic comedy". Neither film was very successful at the box office. It is a lost film.

Synopsis

A millionaire is kidnapped, but begins to fall in love with the woman keeping him prisoner.

Cast

* Lili Damita as Annette *

as Jean de Lafaye * Raoul Marco as Inspector *

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as Victor * Lucien Callamand as Legros * Nina Myral as Old Woman *

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as Balafre *

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as Robert * Robert Goupil as Legros * Pierre Piérade as Remy * Guy Rapp * André Siméon

References

Bibliography

* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. * Williams, Alan L. ''Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking''. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

* French comedy thriller films 1934 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Max Ophüls Fox Film films Films shot at Joinville Studios 1930s comedy thriller films French black-and-white films 1934 comedy films 1930s American films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub