The Black Whale
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German | Der schwarze Walfisch |
Directed by | Fritz Wendhausen |
Written by | Fritz Wendhausen |
Based on | Fanny by Marcel Pagnol |
Produced by | Willi Wolff |
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Cinematography | Emil Schünemann |
Edited by | W. L. Bagier Alwin Elling |
Music by | Walter Kollo |
Production company | Riton |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Black Whale (German: Der schwarze Walfisch) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Emil Jannings, Angela Salloker and Max Gülstorff. It is based on the 1931 play Fanny by Marcel Pagnol.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. Because the film had a Jewish producer it has some production issues due to the takeover of the Nazi Party. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo.
Plot
The Black Whale is the German version of Marcel Pagnol's masterpiece Fanny. Peter Petersen's son Martin abandoned his pregnant girlfriend Fanny to chase adventures on the sea. Peter Petersen then married Fanny with his friend Pannies, who adopted and raised the baby as his own. Martin returns after several years, determined to get Fanny and his child back.
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Peter Petersen
- Angela Salloker as Fanny Jürgens
- Max Gülstorff as Pannies
- Franz Nicklisch as Martin Petersen
- Albert Florath as Captain
- Reinhold Gerstenberg as postman
- Käthe Haack as Josefine
- Margarete Kupfer as Mrs. Jürgens
- Karl Platen as old skipper
- Hans Richter as stoker boy
- Willi Schaeffers as Bruns
References
- ^ Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 62. ISBN 0520014898. LCCN 69016739.
External links
- The Black Whale at IMDb
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