Capriccio (1938)
1h 46m
Running Time
August 10, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now.
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Cast & Crew.
Lilian Harvey
Madelone aka Don Juan
Aribert Wäscher
Präfekt Barberousse
Anton Imkamp
General d'Estroux
Paul Dahlke
Cesaire
Paul Kemp
Henri de Grau, sein Freund
Viktor Staal
Fernand de Villeneuve
Karl Ritter
Director
Kate Kühl
Gräfin Mallefougasse
Franz Baumann
Writer
Felix Lützkendorf
Writer
Margot Höpfner
Eve Mallefougasse
Rudo Ritter
Writer
Hedi Höpfner
Anais Mallefougasse
Alois Melichar
Composer
Gudrun Ady
Klosterschülerin
Ellen Becker
Manikure bei Henri de Grau
Günther Anders
Cinematographer
Heinz Berghaus
Brautwerber
Josef Dahmen
Brautwerber und Zechkumpane Barberousses
Ursula Deinert
Ägyptische Tänzerin
Margit Dörr-Humbrecht
Dicke Charlotte
Wilhelm Egger-Sell
Brautwerber
Oskar Eigner
Zechkumpane des Generals
Margot Erbst
Marie ein Blumenmädchen
Max Harry Ernst
Gast im Lokal
Friedel Fibelkorn
Maniküre bei Henri de Grau
Thea Fischer
Klosterschülerin
Liselotte Flüster
Tänzerin in Madame Hélènes Tanzsalon
Georg Georgi
Erster Wirt
Wilhelm Gerber
Brautwerber
Kurt Getke
Zechkumpane des Generals
Friedrich Gnaß
Erster Hahnenkämpfer
Marianne Grund
Klosterschülerin
Karl Hannemann
Zweiter Wirt
Lili Harich
Klosterschülerin
Max Hiller
Brautwerber
Annemarie Holtz
Madame Hélène
Albert Ihle
Zechkumpane
Fritz Petermann
Zechkumpane
Moja Petrikowski
Kloster-Oberin
Erika Raphael
Tanzmädchen
Arthur Reppert
Zechkumpane des Generals
M. Schleif
Klosterschülerin
Herr Schröder
Zechkumpane
Paul Schwed
Gendarm
Franz Schöber
Brautwerber
Leo Sloma
Zechkumpane
Werner Stock
Der kleine Page
Nico Turoff
Zweiter Hahnenkämpfer
Elisabeth Veit
Klosterschülerin
Elfriede Volker
Klosterschülerin
Martha von Konssatzki
Alte Barbara
Michael von Newlinsky
Brautwerber
Anna von Palen
Nonne
Herr Wagner
Zechkumpane
Karl Wagner
Brautwerber
Details.
Wiki.
Capriccio is a 1938 German historical comedy film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Lilian Harvey, Viktor Staal and Paul Kemp. The film is set in 18th century France, where a young woman enjoys a series of romantic adventures. The director, Ritter, was attempting to recreate the style of a René Clair comedy. The film's content was criticised by both Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler. Harvey made only one further film in Germany before leaving for France.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam and premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Röhrig.