''The Battle of Bademunde'' (german: Die Schlacht von Bademünde) is a 1931 German
comedy film
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directed by
Philipp Lothar Mayring
Philipp Lothar Mayring (19 September 1879 – 6 July 1948) was a German screenwriter, actor and film director. He worked on the screenplays for over seventy films, and directed another twelve.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* '' Love's Carn ...
and starring
Max Adalbert
Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor.
Biography
Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as ''Maximilian Adalbert Krampf'' to a Prussian Officer. He u ...
,
Claire Rommer
Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922)
* '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922)
* '' Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923)
* ...
and
Paul Wagner
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Amateur career
Wagner at ...
.
[Jacobsen p.357] It was one of a number of military comedies made during the late
Weimar era
The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is als ...
. It was shot at the
Babelsberg Studios
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in
Berlin
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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 ...
Artur Günther
Artur Günther (1893–1972) was a German art director.Giesen p.202 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during a lengthy career.
Selected filmography
* '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917)
* '' Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (1918)
* ''Alrau ...
. It was produced and distributed by
UFA
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, Germanys largest film company of the era.
Cast
References
Bibliography
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* Jacobsen, Wolfgang. ''Babelsberg: das Filmstudio''. Argon, 1994.
External links
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1931 films
1931 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Philipp Lothar Mayring
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
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