The Switched Bride

The Switched Bride
Directed byKarel Lamac
Written byHenry Koster
Peter Ort
Hans H. Zerlett
Produced byArtur Hohenberg
Karel Lamac
Anny Ondra
StarringAnny Ondra
Anton Walbrook
Fritz Odemar
CinematographyOtto Heller
Otto Martini
Edited byElla Ensink
Music byLeo Leux
Production
company
Ondra-Lamac-Film
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 17 April 1934 (1934-04-17)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Switched Bride (German: Die vertauschte Braut) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Anton Walbrook and Fritz Odemar.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Benno von Arent. A separate French-language version L'amour en cage was also produced.

Synopsis

When the wealthy Virginia is arrested she pays her lookalike Colly to go to prison in her place. When she is released Colly sets her sights on Virginia's intended husband Charles, while masquerading as the wealthier woman.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.19

Bibliography

  • Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela and Weinstein, Valerie. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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