City of Anatol explained

City of Anatol
Director:	Viktor Tourjansky
Studio:	UFA
Distributor:	UFA
Runtime:	93 minutes
Country:	Germany

City of Anatol (de|'''Stadt Anatol''') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel City of Anatol by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. A separate French language version Wells in Flames (Puits en flames) was made, also directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast.

Cast

• Gustav Fröhlich as Jacques Gregor
• Brigitte Horney as Franziska Maniu
• Fritz Kampers as Jaskulski
• Rose Stradner as Sonja Yvolandi
• Karl Hellmer as Xaver, Kellner
• Harry Liedtke as Garcia, Genraldirektor
• Aribert Wäscher as Melonenhändler
• Olga Engl as Sonjas Großmutter
• Ernst Behmer as ein Betrunkener
• Gerhard Bienert as Arbeiter bei Ölbohrungen
• Paul Bildt as Arbeiter Stefan
• Josef Dahmen as Arbeiter bei Gregor
• Marina von Ditmar as Rosa, eine Tänzerin
• Else Ehser as Rosas Großmutter
• Angelo Ferrari as Stefan
• Hela Gruel as Stefans Frau
• Philipp Manning as Freund von Sonjas Großmutter
• Else Reval as Frau des Melonenhändlers
• Hilde Sessak as Franziskas Dienstmädchen
• Ernst G. Schiffner as Koroschek, Hotelier
• Willi Schur as Türkischer Lorenfahrer
• Otto Stoeckel as Ledermann, ein Ölexperte
• Gertrud Wolle as Jaskulskis Schwester
• Valy Arnheim as Garcias Fahrer
• Aruth Wartan as Arbeiter
• Erich Dunskus as Baumeister im Steinbruch

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2010.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Kreimeier, p. 237.