Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel)
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Bomben auf Monte Carlo is a 1930 German comedy novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
. The penniless captain of a vessel puts into Monte Carlo
, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise.
was made, with a French-language version Le capitaine Craddock
and an English language version Monte Carlo Madness
made at the same time.
In 1960 a fourth film version was made entitled Bombs on Monte Carlo
and directed by Georg Jacoby
.
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
Friedrich Percival Reck-Malleczewen was a German author.Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen was born on the estate of Malleczewen, Masuria ,the son of the Prussian Politician and landowner Hermann Reck. He originally wanted to be a musician, and at one point studied medicine in Innsbruck...
. The penniless captain of a vessel puts into Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
, hoping to raise money at the gaming tables to pay his crew. While there he becomes entangled with a monarch in disguise.
Film adaptations
The story been made into four films. In 1931 the German film Monte Carlo MadnesMonte Carlo Madnes
Monte Carlo Madnes is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Hans Albers, Anna Sten and Heinz Rühmann. It is based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. A separate English language version Monte Carlo Madness and a French version Le...
was made, with a French-language version Le capitaine Craddock
Le capitaine Craddock
Le capitaine Craddock is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film Monte Carlo Madnes. It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte...
and an English language version Monte Carlo Madness
Monte Carlo Madness
Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German English-language musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. In Monte Carlo a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a Queen...
made at the same time.
In 1960 a fourth film version was made entitled Bombs on Monte Carlo
Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960 film)
Bombs on Monte Carlo is a 1960 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Eddie Constantine, Marion Michael and Gunther Philipp. It was based on a novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen which had already between adapted as a film in 1931 as Monte Carlo Madnes.-Cast:* Eddie Constantine ... ...
and directed by Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby was a German film director and screenwriter. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death; the actress Gabriele Jacoby is their daughter.-Selected filmography:...
.