''Queen of Fashion'' or ''The Competition Bursts'' (German: ''Königin der Mode'' or ''Die Konkurrenz platzt'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by

Max Obal Max Obal (born Max David Gotthelf Sroke; 4 September 1881 – 18 May 1949) was a German actor, singer, screenwriter, and film director. He co-directed the 1927 swashbuckler '' Rinaldo Rinaldini'' featuring Hans Albers.Grange p.251 Selected filmog ...

and

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182 ...

and starring Harry Liedtke,

María Corda María Corda (born Mária Antónia Farkas; hu, Korda Mária; 4 May 1898 – 15 February 1976) was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria. Biography She began her acting career in the theatres of Budap ...

, and Ernö Verebes.Bock & Bergfelder p.440 The film's sets were designed by

Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

and

Hans Minzloff Hans Minzloff (1890–1962) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 Selected filmography * ''Our Heavenly Bodies'' (1925) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''Carnival Magic'' (1927) * ''The Insurmountable'' (1928) * ''The Circus Princess'' ...

Cast

* Harry Liedtke as Bernd Jensen *

as Marion Gutman * Ernö Verebes as Leo Sanders *

Peggy Norman Peggy may refer to: People * Peggy (given name), people with the given name or nickname Arts and entertainment * ''Peggy'' (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill * ''Peggy'' (album), a 1977 Peggy Lee album * ''Peggy'' (1916 ...

as Erika Bendix * Hermann Picha as Paul Lyon *

Karl Elzer Karl Conrad Elzer (2 August 1881 – 30 August 1938) was a German film actor. Elzer was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and died in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany at age 57. Selected filmography * ''The Robber Bride'' (1916) * '' ...

as Graf Aranyi * Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Max Bendix * Ibolya Szekely

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1929 films 1929 comedy films Silent German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Max Obal Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein Films about fashion German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub