''The Blue Fox'' () is a 1938 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

Viktor Tourjansky Victor Tourjansky ( 4 March 1891 – 13 August 1976), born Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Turzhansky (), was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director who emigrated after the Russian Revolution (1917), Russian Revolution of 1917. He worked in F ...

and starring

Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Sweden, Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned UFA GmbH, Universum Film AG (UFA). Althou ...

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a Germans, German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to mo ...

and

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 ...

.Reimer & Reimer p. 159 It was based on a play by the Hungarian writer

Ferenc Herczeg Ferenc Herczeg (born ''Franz Herzog'', 22 September 1863 in Versec, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire – 24 February 1954 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his cou ...

. It includes the song ''Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein''. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

and on location in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Werner Schlichting Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and '' The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253 Sel ...

Synopsis

Tired by her husband's lack of interest in her, due to his obsessive focus on his scientific study of fish, a

woman flirts with the idea of running off with another man.

Cast

as Ilona Paulus *

as Tabor Vary *

as Stephan Paulus *

Jane Tilden Jane Tilden, born as Marianne Wilhelmine Tuch, (1910–2002) was an Austrian actress who enjoyed a long career on stage and in films and television shows. She was born as Marianne Tuch in Aussig, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was ...

as Lisi *

Karl Schönböck Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 24 March 2001 in Munich, Republic of Germany) was an Austrian actor.

as Trill *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...

as Coachman Bela * Eduard Wenck as Signalman Ürem *

Edith Meinhard Edith Meinhard (22. November 1908 as ''Herma Ruth Edith Kötteritzsch'' in Berlin - 26. June 1968 in West-Berlin) was a German actress who appeared in more than fifty films during her career, including the 1929 film ''Diary of a Lost Girl''. Lif ...

as Tilla *

Gertrud de Lalsky Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in West Berlin) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Hypnosis'' (1920) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * '' The Island of Tears'' (1923) * ...

as Professorengattin *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom o ...

as Tankstellenwart *

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague C ...

as Ilonas Tante Margit *

Lothar Geist Lothar or Lothair is a Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish masculine given name, while Lotár is a Hungarian masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of ''Hlūdaz'', mean ...

as Tankstellenlehrling *

Max Hiller Max Hiller (8 December 1889 – 17 December 1948) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1917 to 1948. Selected filmography References External links * 1889 births 1948 deaths German male film ...

as Ungarischer Bauer am Bahnhof *

Antonie Jaeckel Antonie Jaeckel (5 September 1876 – 26 December 1960) was a German actress. Selected filmography * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Unknown Tomorrow'' (1923) * '' Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' If Only It Weren't Love'' ...

as Die Frau Rektor * Eva Klein-Donath as Professorengattin *

Ingolf Kuntze Ingolf Kuntze (1890–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.217 He was active as a character actor, appearing in supporting roles in a number of films during the Nazi era. Selected filmography * ''A Woman Branded'' (1931) * '' And Who ...

as Direktor des Trocadero * Majan Lex as Anuschka, Magd bei Tante Margit * Friedel Müller as Professorengattin * Erich Nadler as Spielleiter im Trocadero *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burgh ...

as Ungarischer Bauer * Berta Scheven as Frau des Bahnwärters * Franz von Bokay as Josy, Diener bei Tante Margit

References

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* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky German films based on plays Films based on works by Ferenc Herczeg Films set in Budapest German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films Films with screenplays by Karl Georg Külb Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German films Films scored by Lothar Brühne {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub