A Mad Idea

A Mad Idea
Directed by	Kurt Gerron
Written by	Carl Laufs (play) Philipp Lothar Mayring Fritz Zeckendorf
Starring	Willy Fritsch Dorothea Wieck Rosy Barsony
Cinematography	Werner Bohne Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Constantin Mick
Music by	Walter Jurmann Bronislau Kaper
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	13 May 1932 (1932-05-13)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

A Mad Idea or A Crazy Idea (German: Ein toller Einfall) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Willy Fritsch, Dorothea Wieck and Rosy Barsony.

It was made by UFA, Germany's biggest studio. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. Location shooting took place around St. Moritz in Switzerland.

Cast

• Willy Fritsch as Paul Lüders
• Dorothea Wieck as Mabel Miller
• Rosy Barsony as Anita
• Max Adalbert as Birnstiel
• Jakob Tiedtke as Michael Lüders
• Harry Halm as Bob
• Heinz Salfner as Herr Miller
• Leo Slezak as Theo Müller, Manager der Miller Girls
• Ellen Schwanneke as Evelyn Müller
• Wilhelm Bendow as Wendolin
• Fritz Odemar as Werner Schubart
• Genia Nikolaieva as Marga Schubart
• Gerda Bunnemann
• Aenne Goerling as Minna
• Paul Hörbiger as Emil
• Ferdinand Hart
• Theo Lingen as Oberkellner
• Adele Sandrock as Mieterin
• Oskar Sima as Steuer-Inspektor
• Leopoldine Konstantin
• Klaus Pohl as Schneider
• Gustav Waldau

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.

External links

• A Mad Idea at IMDb