Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel)

Bomben auf Monte Carlo  
Author(s) Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
Country Germany
Language German
Genre(s) Comedy
Publication date 1930
Media type Print

Bomben auf Monte Carlo is a 1930 German comedy novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The penniless captain of a vessel puts into Monte Carlo, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise.

Film adaptations

The story been made into four films. In 1931 the German film Monte Carlo Madnes was made, with a French-language version Le capitaine Craddock and an English language version Monte Carlo Madness made at the same time.

In 1960 a fourth film version was made entitled Bombs on Monte Carlo and directed by Georg Jacoby.