The Black Whale

The Black Whale
The Black Whale
	German film poster
German	Der schwarze Walfisch
Directed by	Fritz Wendhausen
Written by	Fritz Wendhausen
Based on	Fanny; by Marcel Pagnol
Produced by	Willi Wolff
Starring	Emil Jannings; Angela Salloker; Max Gülstorff;
Cinematography	Emil Schünemann
Edited by	W. L. Bagier; Alwin Elling
Music by	Walter Kollo
Production; company	Riton
Release date	2 March 1934;
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 had 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
German Films

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[1] 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.

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