''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (German: ''Skandal um die Fledermaus'') is a 1936 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
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 (1943 film), Titanic'', during the ...
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 ...
,
Maria Andergast
Maria Andergast (4 June 1912 – 14 February 1995) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1934 and 1974.
Selected filmography
* '' The Prodigal Son'' (1934)
* '' Last Stop'' (1935)
* '' My Life for Maria Isabella'' (1 ...
and
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...
. It was shot at the
Terra Studios
The Terra Studios or Marienfelde Studios were film studios located in the Berlin suburb of Marienfelde.
The studios were originally a glasshouse constructed in 1913 by the early company Eiko Film, controlled by the producer Franz Vogel who ha ...
in
Berlin
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.
[Klaus p.192] 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 ...
Erich Czerwonski
Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout.
Filmography
* '' The Black Panther ...
. It was partly shot
on location in
London
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. It is also known by the
alternative title
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''Scandal Over Mary''.
Synospsi
In
England
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a
bat
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flies into a young lady's bedroom, leading to string of misunderstandings.
Cast
*
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 Kendal
*
Maria Andergast
Maria Andergast (4 June 1912 – 14 February 1995) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1934 and 1974.
Selected filmography
* '' The Prodigal Son'' (1934)
* '' Last Stop'' (1935)
* '' My Life for Maria Isabella'' (1 ...
as Mary Hill
*
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...
as Lady Bethy Malison
*
Heinz Salfner
Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465
Selected filmography ...
as Sir Thomas Berkham
*
Ernst Dumcke
Ernst Dumcke (13 November 1887 – 21 June 1940) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Panik in Chicago'' (1931)
* '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932)
* '' Under False Flag'' (1932)
* '' My Friend the Millionaire'' (1932)
* '' Grandsta ...
as Sir Anthony Garring
*
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 Patrick, Butler
*
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 Jonny Dunn
*
Eliza Illiard
Eliza Illiard (1905–1969) was a German singer and actress.Noack p.432
Selected filmography
* ''What Am I Without You
''What Am I Without You'' (german: Was bin ich ohne Dich) is a 1934 German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Maria R ...
as Evelyne Dixon
*
Max Gülstorff
Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director.
Biography
Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908.
...
as Die Exzellenz
*
Roma Bahn
Roma Bahn (1896–1975) was a German stage and film actress.Fuegi p.201 On stage she was notable for her performances as Polly in the original 1928 production of ''The Threepenny Opera''. In cinema she played supporting roles in films made during ...
as Lady X
*
Eva Tinschmann
Eva Tinschmann (April 19, 1893 – August 10, 1978) was a German actress. She appeared in the 1937 Sherlock Holmes film '' The Grey Lady''.Pointer p.153
Selected filmography
* '' The Final Chord'' (1936)
* '' The Accusing Song'' (1936)
* ''Scand ...
as Lady Y
*
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* Hedi language Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria
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as Luise
*
Helmut Weiss
Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World ...
as Diener
*
Ernst Stimmel
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* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975- ...
as Kanzleidiener
*
Horst Teetzmann
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* Hor ...
as Boy
*
Fred Goebel
Fred Goebel (3 April 1891 – 16 May 1964) was a German film actor. He was born as Walter Goebel and was sometimes credited as Fred Selva-Goebel.
Selected filmography
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' The Dance of Death'' (1919)
* '' Bett ...
as Gast
*
Achim von Biel
Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, a ...
as Gast
*
Alfred Pussert as Gast
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.
External links
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1936 films
1936 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Herbert Selpin
Films set in England
Films shot in London
Films set in London
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
Films shot at Terra Studios
Terra Film films
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