''Captain Craddock'' (french: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931

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directed by

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and

Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888. Biography He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. During the late silent and ...

and starring

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and Charles Redgie.BFI.org
/ref> It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film '' Bombs on Monte Carlo''. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. It is sometimes known as ''Bombe Sur Monte Carlo''.

Cast

as Le capitaine Craddock *

as La reine Yola * Charles Redgie as Pierre *

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as Isabelle * Sinoël as Le consul *

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as Diane *

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as Le directeur du casino *

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as Brégaillon *

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as Le ministre des finances *

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as Themselves

Cultural references

According to

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, author of ''

Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...

'', the name of '' Tintins character

Captain Haddock Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoki ...

is inspired by this film. In ''

The Crab with the Golden Claws ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...

'', Haddock sings one of the film songs, '' Les gars de la Marine''.

References

External links

* 1931 films 1931 musical comedy films German musical comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s French-language films Films directed by Hanns Schwarz Films directed by Max de Vaucorbeil Operetta films German multilingual films Films set in Monaco Films set in the Mediterranean Sea Seafaring films UFA GmbH films Films based on German novels German black-and-white films Films produced by Erich Pommer Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz 1931 multilingual films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German films {{musical-comedy-film-stub