Seven Slaps
| Seven Slaps | |
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| Directed by | Paul Martin |
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| Based on | Hét pofon (novel) by Károly Aszlányi |
| Produced by | Max Pfeiffer |
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| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Kurt Schröder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Seven Slaps (German: Sieben Ohrfeigen) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Alfred Abel. Like the earlier Lucky Kids , which had the same director and stars, it was an attempt to create a German version of screwball comedy. While the previous film had a New York setting, this takes place in London.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was loosely remade in 1970 as Slap in the Face .
Synopsis
[edit ]After he loses some money on the stock exchange, a young man seeks revenge on the speculator responsible by slapping him. He intends to slap him once every day for a week as retribution, but things become complicated when he becomes entangled with the speculator's attractive daughter.
Cast
[edit ]- Lilian Harvey as Daisy Terbanks - Astor's Daughter
- Willy Fritsch as William Tenson MacPhab
- Alfred Abel as Astor Terbanks - sein Finanzgewaltiger
- Oskar Sima as Wennington Laskett - Reporter
- Erich Fiedler as Ernie Earl of Wigglebottom
- Ernst Legal as Mr. Strawman
- Otz Tollen as Balthasar Adula Flanelli - Verwandlungskünstler
- Ernst Behmer as Bankangestellter
- Erwin Biegel as Aufgeregter bankkunde
- Erich Dunskus as Schmiedegeselle in Gretna Green
- Max Hiller as 1. Zuschauer beim Fußballspiel
- Horst Birr as Schmiedegeselle in Gretna Green
- Jac Diehl as Schutzmann
- Karl Harbacher as Sekretär Charly
- Hanns Waschatko as Butler Leslie
- Rudolf Klicks as 1. Bankdirektor
- F.W. Schröder-Schrom as 2. Bankdirektor
- Otto Stoeckel as 3. Bankdirektor
- Josef Reithofer as Detektiv
- Georg H. Schnell as Dr. Lorenz
- Walter Steinweg as Chauffeur von Dr. Lorenz
- Max Wilmsen as Conférencier im Rostigen Nagel
- Charles Francois as Ein Mitarbeiter von Astor Terbanks
- Paul Ludwig Frey as Ein Gast im Kabarett 'Rostiger Nagel'
- Eric Harden as Ein Zeitung lesendes Klubmitglied
- Albert Karchow as 2. Zuschauer beim Fußballspiel
- Gustav Püttjer as 3. Zuschauer beim Fußballspiel
- Paul Schwed as Detektiv
- Egon Stief as Starker Mann beim Fußballspiel
- Alfred Stratmann as Büroangestellter
References
[edit ]- ^ Rentschler p.118
Bibliography
[edit ]- Eric Rentschler. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
External links
[edit ]- Seven Slaps at IMDb
- 1937 films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German comedy films
- 1937 comedy films
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Paul Martin
- Films set in London
- UFA GmbH films
- German black-and-white films
- Films based on Hungarian novels
- 1930s German films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Films scored by Kurt Schröder
- 1930s German film stubs