''The Switched Bride'' (German: ''Die vertauschte Braut'') is a 1934 German

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directed by Karel Lamac and starring

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, Anton Walbrook and Fritz Odemar.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.19 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Benno von Arent Benno von Arent (19 July 1898 – 14 October 1956) was a German film director, artist, architect, designer and a member of the Nazi Party and SS. Early life Arent was born Benno Georg Eduard Wilhelm Joachim von Arent in Görlitz on 19 July ...

. A separate French-language version ''L'amour en cage'' was also produced.

Synopsis

Wealthy Virginia pays her

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Colly to serve a prison sentence in her place. When Colly is released, she sets her sights on Virginia's intended husband Charles, masquerading as the wealthier woman.

Cast

as Virginia Vanderloo / Colly * Anton Walbrook as Charles * Fritz Odemar as Bittner *

Otto Wernicke Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a Germans, German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films ''M (1931 film), M'' and ''The Testament of ...

as Der Gefängnisdirektor * Magda Lena * O.E. Hasse *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

Josef Eichheim Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * '' The Women's War'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Peter Voss, T ...

* Otto Brüggemann

References

Bibliography

* Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela and Weinstein, Valerie. ''Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1934 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films directed by Karel Lamač Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films scored by Leo Leux {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub