Fake jewels, real chaos, and a director desperate enough to exploit actual crime for publicity.
During a spectacular break-in at the villa of film star Marion Milner, the jewel thieves fortunately only manage to get their hands on imitations of the valuable jewelry. The police suspect the notorious master thief Silver-Jim, whom they have long been after. The commotion surrounding the break-in comes in quite handy for film producer Otto Pitt, who is currently shooting a crime film, as he hopes it will generate some free publicity for his project.
Production
Glitzy Art Deco sets that scream 1933 Berlin.
Acting
Betty Amann's sly starlet energy steals every scene.
Writing
Self-aware script mocking Hollywood-before-Hollywood.
Director
Georg Jacoby
Lee Parry
Gisa Langer
Betty Amann
Marion Millner
Harald Paulsen
Harry Neuhoff
Otto Wallburg
Otto Pitt, Generaldirektor
Paul Hörbiger
Arthur Richman
Adele Sandrock
Frau Timm
Theo Lingen
Der Pressechef
Alfred Beierle
Kriminalbeamter Kube
Hugo Fischer-Köppe
Kommissar Keller
Walter Steinbeck
Regisseur
Sigurd Lohde
Regisseur
Gerti Ober
Zofe
Fred Immler
Paul, der Komplize
Adolf E. Licho
Paradieser
Gerhard Dammann
Klavierspieler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Hitler's consolidation of power, this breezy comedy became one of the last Weimar-style productions before Nazi film controls tightened.
Director Georg Jacoby remade this in 1943 as 'Die Gattin'—by then, a very different propaganda environment.
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