Financial Opportunists
Financial Opportunists (German: Konjunkturritter) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kampers and starring Weiss Ferdl, Sabine Peters and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. The title was a well-known phrase to attack Jews, and was one of the first openly anti-Semitic films produced under the Nazi regime.[2]
| Financial Opportunists | |
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| Directed by | Fritz Kampers |
| Written by | Curt J. Braun Bobby E. Lüthge |
| Produced by | Felix Pfitzner |
| Starring | Weiss Ferdl Sabine Peters Hans Adalbert Schlettow |
| Cinematography | Herbert Körner |
| Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter |
| Music by | Marc Roland |
Production company | Cicero Film |
| Distributed by | Neue Deutsch Lichtspiel-Syndikat Verleih |
Release date | 26 January 1934 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
- Weiss Ferdl as Ferdinand Mühlbauer
- Sabine Peters as Gretl, seine Tochter
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Lehmann, Rechtsanwalt
- Otto Wallburg as Untermeier, Grundstücksspekulant
- Kurt Vespermann as Dr. Günther, Rechtsanwalt
- Theo Lingen as Glaser, Grundstücksspekulant
- Walter Steinbeck as Direktor Messerschmidt
- Eugen Rex as Büngermann
- Käthe Haack as Frau Hornstedt
- Hans Leibelt as Klagemann, beider Hauptgläubiger
- Charly Berger as Ober
References
- Niven p.283
- Waldman p.75
Bibliography
- Niven, Bill. Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
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