Escapade (1936 film)

Escapade
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Richard Henry Savage (novel) Hans Bussmann Carl Echtermeier Rolf Meyer Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Hermann Grund Erich Waschneck
Starring	Renate Müller Georg Alexander Grethe Weiser
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Munni Obal
Music by	Kurt Schröder
Production company	Fanal-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Rota-Film
Release date	1 September 1936
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Escapade (German: Eskapade) is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Renate Müller, Georg Alexander and Grethe Weiser. It is based on the 1891 novel My Official Wife by Richard Henry Savage.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

• Renate Müller as Madame Hélène
• Georg Alexander as Arthur Lenox
• Grethe Weiser as Hélène Lenox
• Walter Franck as Rakowsky - Chef der russ. Geheimpolizei
• Martha von Konssatzki as Fürstin Palitzin
• Franz Zimmermann as Sascha - ihr Neffe
• Paula Denk as Vera - seine Braut
• Paul Otto as Großfürst Ignatieff
• Harald Paulsen as Ossip Kaschejeff
• Reinhold Bernt as Prowiak, ein Friseur
• Harry Hardt as Woidetzki - Chef des Modesalons Brétonne
• Ernst Rotmund as von Podamsky
• Heinz Wemper as Suboff, Argent der Geheimpolizei
• Margarete Kupfer as Eine alte Dame
• Rudolf Biebrach
• Angelo Ferrari
• Erich Fiedler
• Bernhard Goetzke
• Jochen Hauer
• Agnes Kraus as Manja
• Otto Kronburger
• Herbert Spalke
• Arnim Suessenguth
• Bruno Ziener
• Sabine Ress as Ballett
• Alexander von Swaine as Solotänzer
• Alice Uhlen as Solotänzerin
• Ernst Rater

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Escapade at IMDb