Game on Board

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Game on Board
Directed byHerbert Selpin
Written by
Produced byMartin Pichert
Starring
CinematographyBruno Timm
Edited byAlexandra Anatra
Music by
Production
company
Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 3 November 1936 (1936-11-03)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Game on Board (German: Spiel an Bord) is a 1936 German comedy crime film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Viktor de Kowa, Susi Lanner and Alfred Abel.[1] Location shooting took place in Bremerhaven and New York and on the Atlantic crossing of the ocean liner SS Bremen. Interior scenes were shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski.

Synopsis

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Young chauffeur Viktor boards an ocean liner as a stowaway on an Atlantic crossing to America. A series of mistaken identities follow as he is confused for a millionaire travelling incognito, and is also able to thwart the schemes or two fraudsters on board.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 443

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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