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A City Upside Down
Directed by Gustaf Gründgens
Written by Curt Alexander
Based on The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol
Starring
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Elite Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed by
  • Metropol-Filmverleih
  • Lux Film (Austria)
Release date
  • 21 January 1933 (1933-01-21)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A City Upside Down ( German: Eine Stadt steht Kopf) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring S.Z. Sakall, Jenny Jugo and Hermann Thimig. [1] It is based on the 1836 play The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol. A separate Czech adaptation of the story The Inspector General was made the same year. [2]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rochus Gliese and Gabriel Pellon. Paul Martin worked as assistant director on the film. Some location shooting took place in Staufen im Breisgau. This movie is set on the modern day (the 1930s).

Cast

References

  1. ^ Grange 2008, p. 404.
  2. ^ Waldman 2008, p. 132.

Bibliography

  • Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN  978-0-8108-5967-8.
  • Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland. ISBN  978-0-7864-3861-7.

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