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Tomfoolery
Tomfoolery
Directed by	Willi Forst
Written by	Jochen Huth; Willi Forst;
Produced by	Fritz Klotsch
Starring	Renate Müller; Jenny Jugo; Anton Walbrook; Heinz Rühmann;
Cinematography	Werner Bohne; Theodore J. Pahle;
Edited by	Hans Wolff
Music by	Peter Kreuder
Production; company	Cine-Allianz
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	12 June 1936;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Tomfoolery (German: Allotria) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Willi Forst and starring Renate Müller, Jenny Jugo and Anton Walbrook.^[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 12 June 1936.

Synopsis

A pair of friends fall in love with the same woman, before realizing they are really in love with two other women. Racing to his romantic interest, one of the friends (Heinz Rühmann) takes by chance part in the Monaco Grand Prix.

Reception

Joseph Goebbels remarked: "Quite energetic and lively. But it's overdone and therefore not totally satisfying. Less would be more." (original: „Sehr flott und mit viel Tempo. Aber übertrieben an Effekten, und darum nicht ganz befriedigend. Weniger wäre mehr.“)

Cast

Renate Müller as Viola
Jenny Jugo as Gaby
Anton Walbrook as Philip
Heinz Rühmann as David
Hilde Hildebrand as Aimée
Heinz Salfner as Gabys Vater
Will Dohm as Theodor
Norma Wellhoff as Stewardess
F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Schiffspassagier an Violas Tisch
Julia Serda as Schiffspassagierin an Violas Tisch
Toni Tetzlaff as Mädchen bei Gaby
Ingeborg Peter as Gabys Freundin
Erich Dunskus as Zollbeamter
Alfred Karen as Schiffspassagier bei der Überfahrt
Ferdinand Robert as Schiffspassagier bei der Überfahrt
Günther Vogdt as Schlagersänger der Schiffkapelle
Margarethe von Ledebur as Angestellte im Schönheitssalon
Fritz Draeger as Assistant des Rundfunkreporters
Gretel von Schrabich as Angestellte im Modesalon
Werner Bernhardy as Barman bei der Modeschau
Gustav Mahncke as Gast bei der Modeschau (as Gustav Mahnke)
Lieselotte Aureden as Gast bei der Modeschau
André Saint-Germain as Französischer Rundfunkreporter
Theodor Thony as Französischer Rennbahnhelfer

References

^ Hake p.58
^ Klaus p.19

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.