''Caught in the Act'' (french: Flagrant délit) is a 1931 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

Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888. Biography He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. During the late silent and ...

and

Georges Tréville Georges Tréville (28 July 1875 – 30 May 1944) was a French actor and film director. Born as Georges Troly, during the silent era, he played the gentlemen thief Arsène Lupin in several short films. He also went to Britain to direct and star ...

and starring

Blanche Montel Blanche Montel (14 August 1902 – 31 March 1998) was a French actress. She appeared in 33 films between 1914 and 1943. External links * 1902 births 1998 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century Fren ...

, Henri Garat, and

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, as the French-language version of the studio's film ''

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''. Such

multiple-language version A multiple-language version film, often abbreviated to MLV, is a film, especially from the early talkie era, produced in several different languages for international markets. To offset the marketing restrictions of making sound films in only one ...

s were common in the early years of

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before

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became widespread. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his s ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

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* 1931 films German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Georges Tréville Films directed by Hanns Schwarz Films scored by Franz Waxman Films scored by Friedrich Hollaender UFA GmbH films German multilingual films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios German black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films Films based on works by Louis Verneuil 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub