Monte Carlo Madness | |
Director: | Hanns Schwarz |
Producer: | Erich Pommer |
Music: | Werner R. Heymann |
Editing: | Willy Zeyn |
Studio: | UFA |
Distributor: | British International Pictures |
Runtime: | 83 minutes |
Country: | Germany |
Language: | English |
Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie.[1] It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film Bombs on Monte Carlo, which was based on the 1930 novel Bombs on Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost to produce.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
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.
The film was not a success with contemporary critics. A review in Film Pictorial observed that "Erich Pommer is a great producer, but in this film he does not live up to his established reputation.[3]