Monte Carlo Madness

Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German English-language musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie.^[1] In Monte Carlo a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a Queen. It was an English language version of the 1931 German film Monte Carlo Madnes, which was based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen.

The film was not a success. A review in Film Pictorial observed "Erich Pommer is a great producer, but in this film he does not live up to his established reputation.^[2]

Cast

• Sari Maritza ... Queen Yola
• Hans Albers ... Capt. Erickson
• Charles Redgie ... Peter
• Helen Haye ... Isabel
• John Deverell ... Consul
• C. Hooper Trask ... Prime Minister
• Comedian Harmonists ... Themselves
• Kapelle Carlo Minari ... Themselves - Orchestra

References

1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/63861
2. ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.51

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.

External links

• Monte Carlo Madness at the Internet Movie Database