''North Pole, Ahoy'' () is a 1934 German

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directed by

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and starring Walter Riml, Guzzi Lantschner and

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Synopsis

A film company goes to shoot its latest production in the

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Cast

* Walter Riml as Fietje * Guzzi Lantschner as Tietje * Jarmila Marton as Rita Nora *

as Leading seaman * Karl Buchholz as Film Director *

Ludwig Stössel Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an Austrian actor. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Stössel began performing on the stage ...

as Director * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Professor Pierson * Senta Söneland as Mrs. Pierson * Walter Gross * Nora Nord * Charly Berger * Louis Adlon

Production

''North Pole, Ahoy'' was the last feature film by the German subsidiary of

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before it withdrew from Germany to Austria following the takeover by the

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. It was shot in Greenland and Switzerland. One of the actors, Gustav Lantschner, later worked as a cameraman on '' Olympia''.

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* 1934 films 1934 comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Andrew Marton Films shot in Greenland Universal Pictures films Films about filmmaking Films scored by Paul Dessau German black-and-white films 1930s German films German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub