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Heads Up, Charley

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Heads Up, Charley
Directed byWilli Wolff
Written byLudwig Wolff (novel)
Robert Liebmann
Willi Wolff
Produced byEllen Richter
Willi Wolff
StarringEllen Richter
Anton Pointner
Michael Bohnen
Max Gülstorff
Marlene Dietrich
CinematographyAxel Graatkjaer
Georg Krause
Production
companies
Distributed byParufamet
Release date
18 March 1927
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Heads Up, Charley (German: Kopf hoch, Charly!) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, and Michael Bohnen. Marlene Dietrich appears in a supporting role.

Production

The film is based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff with location shooting done in Paris, Hamburg and New York. Other scenes were shot at Berlin's EFA Studios. The film premiered on 18 March 1927 at the UFA-Theatre Kurfürstendamm in Berlin[1] and was a box office success.

Richter's heirs later agreed to withhold the film from exhibition during Dietrich's lifetime.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bach p.494
  2. ^ Bach p.542

Bibliography

  • Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
  • Ryan, David Stuart. The Blue Angel - The Life and Films of Marlene Dietrich. Kozmik Press, 2010.