''Distorting at the Resort'' () is a 1932 German
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Victor Janson
Victor Arthur Eduard Janson (; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916)
* '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917)
* ''Carm ...
and starring
Maria Matray,
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the ...
, and
Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. He was arrested by the Nazis when they occupied the Netherlands and was kil ...
.
It was shot at the
Tempelhof Studios
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in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follow ...
.
Synopsis
A young woman wins a stay in a seaside holiday resort by winning a contest. However, once she arrives it is wrongly believed that she is an American millionairess.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. .
External links
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1932 comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German comedy films
Films directed by Victor Janson
Films set on islands
Films set in the Baltic Sea
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
1930s German-language films
German-language comedy films
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