''Spoiling the Game'' (German: ''Strich durch die Rechnung'') is a 1932 German

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directed by

Alfred Zeisler Alfred Zeisler (September 26, 1897 – March 1, 1985) was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949. Selected filmogr ...

and starring

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

, Toni van Eyck, and

Hermann Speelmans Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) - Emil * ''Diana'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * '' Danton'' ...

.Wadlman p.46 Its hero is a young

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who enters a race. It was made by German's largest film company UFA and shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Herbert Lippschitz. A separate French-language version ' was also released.

Cast

as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer * Toni van Eyck as Hanni *

as Erwin Banz - Rennfahrer *

Margarete Kupfer Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Frau Eva'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917 ...

as Mutter Streblow *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ...

as Spengler - Fahrradhändler *

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

as Gustl Spengler - sein Sohn *

Ludwig Stössel Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an Austrian actor. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Stössel began performing on the stage ...

* Flockina von Platen as Gina Paradies *

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar ...

as Lißmann - Prokurist *

Harry Hardt Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mili ...

as Manuel Rodriguet - Rennfahrer *

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 ...

as Gottfried Paradies *

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

as Fritz Wagmüller - Willys Schrittmacher * Kurt Pulvermacher as Der kleine Paradies *

Hans Zesch-Ballot Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditiona ...

as Hans Donath - Sportjournalist *

Carl Balhaus Carl Balhaus (born Carl Ballhaus; 4 November 1905 – 28 July 1968) was a German stage and film actor. After the Second World War he worked as screenwriter and director for the East German state-owned studio DEFA. He was an uncle of the Academ ...

* Trude Tandar *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kali ...

* Adolf Fischer * Charlie Kracker * Emilie Kurz *

Wera Liessem Wera Liessem (23 April 1913 – 11 September 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in thirteen films between 1932 and 1955. Filmography References External links * 1913 births 1991 deaths German film actresses Actresses from ...

* Ernst Morgan * Liselotte Rosen *

Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß and Peter-Timm Schaufuß. Selected filmography References ...

* Werner Stock *

Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lilli (1919 film), Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli ...

* Rolf Wenkhaus * Georg Kroschel * Kurt Thormann *

Ewald Wenck Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978. Selected filmography * '' We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * '' Spoiling th ...

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1932 films 1930s sports comedy films German sports comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Zeisler Cycling films German multilingual films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1932 multilingual films 1932 comedy films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German films Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann German-language sports comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub