The Spanish Fly (1931)
Die spanische Fliege
As a young man, mustard manufacturer Ludwig Klinke had an affair with a dancer, the “Spanish Fly”. The dancer had a son and Klinke has been secretly paying maintenance ever since. Wimmer and Tiedemeier also had a relationship with the dancer. With the appearance of the dancer's supposed son, Heinrich Meisel, chaos breaks out.
- Date of release
- 1931-12-09
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Georg Jacoby
Casting
- Oscar Sabo — Ludwig Klinke
- Lizzi Waldmüller — Señorita Rosita
- Hans Brausewetter — Dr. Fritz Gerlach
- Lizzi Natzler — Paula Klinke
- Fritz Schulz — Heinrich Meisel
- Betty Bird — Wally Burwig
- Julia Serda — Emma Klinke
- Ralph Arthur Roberts — Wimmer
- Paul Westermeier — Burwig
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß — Meisel
- Gertrud Wolle — Mathilde Meisel
- Paul Biensfeldt — Onkel Tiedemeier
Interesting facts
The Spanish Fly is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Oscar Sabo, Betty Bird and Lizzi Waldmüller. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It premiered at Berlin's Gloria-Palast. It was based on the 1913 play The Spanish Fly by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. The film was remade in West Germany in 1955.
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