Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)
Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.
- Date of release
- 1940-03-04
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Herbert Selpin
Casting
- Hans Albers — Percival Pattersson
- Charlotte Thiele — Ingrid Pattersson
- Hilde Weissner — Lisaweta Iwanowna
- Gustav Waldau — Raymondo Duvallo
- Hilde Sessak — Marcella Duvallo
- Werner Fuetterer — Nils Nilsen
- Herbert Hübner — Meyers
- Angelo Ferrari — Chauffeur
- Arthur Reinhardt — Polizist
- Peter Voß — Percivals Freund Sully
- Charly Berger — 1. Direktionsmitglied des Pattersson-Konzerns
- Kurt den Douven — Marcellas Freund Janno
Interesting facts
A Man Astray is a 1940 German comedy adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele and Hilde Weissner. The film is an adaptation of the 1938 novel Percy auf Abwegen by Hans Zehrer. The sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. Shooting took place at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and the Bavaria Studios in Munich, with additional location shooting around Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. Produced and distributed by Tobis Film, one of Nazi Germany's leading film companies, the film was a financial success. It was remade as the 1963 film A Holiday Like Never Before starring Carlos Thompson and Eva Bartok.
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