| Spoiling the Game | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Zeisler |
| Written by | Fred A. Angermayer Philipp Lothar Mayring Fritz Rotter Fritz Zeckendorf |
| Produced by | Alfred Zeisler |
| Starring | Heinz Rühmann Toni van Eyck Hermann Speelmans |
| Cinematography | Werner Bohne Werner Brandes |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Becker Erno Hajos |
| Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Spoiling the Game (German: Strich durch die Rechnung) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Heinz Rühmann, Toni van Eyck, and Hermann Speelmans. Its hero is a young cyclist who enters a race.
It was made by German's largest film company UFA and shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz. A separate French-language version Rivaux de la piste [fr] was also released.
Cast
- Heinz Rühmann as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer
- Toni van Eyck as Hanni
- Hermann Speelmans as Erwin Banz - Rennfahrer
- Margarete Kupfer as Mutter Streblow
- Jakob Tiedtke as Spengler - Fahrradhändler
- Gustl Gstettenbaur as Gustl Spengler - sein Sohn
- Ludwig Stössel
- Flockina von Platen as Gina Paradies
- Fritz Odemar as Lißmann - Prokurist
- Harry Hardt as Manuel Rodriguet - Rennfahrer
- Otto Wallburg as Gottfried Paradies
- Fritz Kampers as Fritz Wagmüller - Willys Schrittmacher
- Kurt Pulvermacher as Der kleine Paradies
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Hans Donath - Sportjournalist
- Carl Balhaus
- Trude Tandar
- Ernst Behmer
- Adolf Fischer
- Charlie Kracker
- Emilie Kurz
- Wera Liessem
- Ernst Morgan
- Liselotte Rosen
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß
- Werner Stock
- Toni Tetzlaff
- Rolf Wenkhaus
- Georg Kroschel
- Kurt Thormann
- Ewald Wenck
References
- Wadlman p.46
Bibliography
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
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