Tired Theodore

Tired Theodore (1931)

Trötte Teodor

Teodor is afraid to tell his rich wife that he works extra nightly at the sinful hotel Babylon.

Date of release
1931-08-31
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gustaf Edgren

Casting

Interesting facts

Tired Theodore is a 1931 French-Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Valdemar Dalquist, Karin Swanström and Brita Appelgren. It is based on the 1913 German play Der müde Theodor by Max Ferner and Max Neal, which has been adapted for the screen several times.

Production and release

The film was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm, with cinematography by Åke Dahlqvist. Its sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It premiered on 31 August 1931 at the Palladium cinema in Stockholm.

A separate French-language version, Night Shift (Service de nuit), directed by Henri Fescourt, was produced as part of the same project and released in 1932. Europafilm subsequently produced another Swedish adaptation of the play, Tired Theodore (1945), directed by Anders Henrikson. The play was also filmed in Germany in 1918, 1936 and 1957.

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