The Magic Top Hat

The Magic Top Hat
Directed by	Rudolf Bernauer
Written by	Jacobsohn Rudolf Österreicher Rudolf Bernauer
Starring	Charlotte Ander Felix Bressart Oskar Sima Adele Sandrock
Cinematography	Heinrich Balasch Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Friedel Buckow Graf Norman
Music by	Bruno Granichstaedten
Production company	Elite-Tonfilm
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	19 August 1932 (1932-08-19)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Magic Top Hat (German: Der Glückszylinder) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Rudolf Bernauer and starring Charlotte Ander, Felix Bressart and Oskar Sima. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.

Synopsis

A financially-struggling clerk falls in love with an attractive but equally impoverished actress. When she lands a contract with a film studio, it seems their problems will be over.

Cast

• Charlotte Ander as Käte Wachtel
• Felix Bressart as Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
• Oskar Sima as Generaldirektor Andreas
• Adele Sandrock as Edith, seine Schwester
• Karl Meinhardt as Delius, Roman-Schriftsteller
• Margo Lion as Olgar seine Frau
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as Alfred
• Max Ehrlich as Schmidt Kapellmeister
• Paul Heidemann as Plank
• Senta Söneland as Fräulein Grieseberg
• Hans Leibelt as Oberregisseur
• Julius Falkenstein as Dr.Pautus Dramaturg
• Eugen Jensen
• Lina Woiwode
• Michael von Newlinsky
• Ilse Gery
• H. von Schwindt
• Erika Fiedler
• Ernst Behmer

References

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.
• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

• The Magic Top Hat at IMDb

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