The Magic Top Hat

1932 film

Jacobsohn
Rudolf Österreicher
Rudolf Bernauer

Starring

Charlotte Ander
Felix Bressart
Oskar Sima
Adele Sandrock

Cinematography

Heinrich Balasch
Willy Winterstein

Edited by

Friedel Buckow
Graf Norman

Music byBruno Granichstaedten

Production
company

Elite-Tonfilm

Distributed bySiegel-Monopolfilm

Release date

19 August 1932 (1932-08-19)

Running time

88 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The Magic Top Hat (German: Der Glückszylinder) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Rudolf Bernauer and starring Charlotte Ander, Felix Bressart and Oskar Sima.^[1] It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin., The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.

Synopsis

A financially-struggling clerk falls in love with an attractive but equally impoverished actress. However, when she lands a contract with a film studio it seems their problems will be over.

Cast

Charlotte Ander as Käte Wachtel
Felix Bressart as Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
Oskar Sima as Generaldirektor Andreas
Adele Sandrock as Edith, seine Schwester
Karl Meinhardt as Delius, Roman-Schriftsteller
Margo Lion as Olgar seine Frau
Hans Zesch-Ballot as Alfred
Max Ehrlich as Schmidt Kapellmeister
Paul Heidemann as Plank
Senta Söneland as Fräulein Grieseberg
Hans Leibelt as Oberregisseur
Julius Falkenstein as Dr.Pautus Dramaturg
Eugen Jensen
Lina Woiwode
Michael von Newlinsky
Ilse Gery
H. von Schwindt
Erika Fiedler
Ernst Behmer

References

^ Hake p. 142

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.