The Little Escapade

The Little Escapade
The Little Escapade
Directed by	Reinhold Schünzel
Written by	Emeric Pressburger; Reinhold Schünzel;
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Renate Müller; Hermann Thimig; Hans Brausewetter;
Cinematography	Werner Brandes
Music by	Ralph Erwin
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	14 August 1931;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Little Escapade (German: Der kleine Seitensprung) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Hans Brausewetter.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Werner Schlichting. A separate French-language version was also made.

Synopsis[edit]

A woman pretends that she is having an affair as a joke on her husband, but as he decides to start divorce proceedings she realises she has taken the joke too far.

Cast[edit]

Renate Müller as Erika Heller
Hermann Thimig as Walter Heller
Hans Brausewetter as Dr. Max Eppmann, Transportleiter
Otto Wallburg as August Wernecke, Fabrikant
Hilde Hildebrand as Lona Wernecke, seine Frau
Diana as Wahrsagerin
Hermann Blaß as Klavierspieler
Oscar Sabo as Lohndiener
Martha Ziegler as Zofe
Paul Westermeier as Tänzer in der Bar
Otti Dietze
Olga Engl
Berta Gast
Ruth Jacobsen
Hildegard Kohnert
Michael von Newlinsky
Gertrud Wolle
Louise Lagrange

References[edit]

^ Salwolkep .54

Bibliography[edit]

Salwolke, Scott (1997). The Films of Michael Powell and the Archers. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3183-4.

External links[edit]

The Little Escapade at IMDb

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[1] Salwolkep .54

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