Seven Slaps

Seven Slaps
Directed byPaul Martin
Written by
Based onHét pofon (novel)
by Károly Aszlányi
Produced byMax Pfeiffer
Starring
CinematographyKonstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited byCarl Otto Bartning
Music byKurt Schröder
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 3 August 1937 (1937-08-03)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Seven Slaps (German: Sieben Ohrfeigen) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Alfred Abel. Like the earlier Lucky Kids, which had the same director and stars, it was an attempt to create a German version of screwball comedy. While the previous film had a New York setting, this takes place in London.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was loosely remade in 1970 as Slap in the Face.

Synopsis

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After he loses some money on the stock exchange a young man seeks revenge on the speculator responsible by slapping him. He intends to slap him once every day for a week as retribution, but things become complicated when he becomes entangled with the speculator's attractive daughter.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rentschler p.118

Bibliography

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  • Eric Rentschler. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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