The Thing About Styx
Appearance
The Thing About Styx | |
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German | Die Sache mit Styx |
Directed by | Karl Anton |
Written by | Curt J. Braun |
Based on | Rittmeister Styx by Georg Mühlen-Schulte |
Produced by | Karl Anton Walter Lehmann |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
Edited by | Lena Neumann |
Music by | Harald Böhmelt |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Thing About Styx (German: Die Sache mit Styx) is a 1942 German comedy crime film directed by Karl Anton and starring Laura Solari, Viktor de Kowa and Margit Symo.[1] It was based on the novel Rittmeister Styx by Georg Mühlen-Schulte.
Cast
[edit]- Laura Solari as Julia Sander
- Viktor de Kowa as Captain Styx
- Margit Symo as Ariane
- Will Dohm as Basilio
- Curt Lucas as Jules Stone
- Walter Steinbeck as Jacques Stone
- Hans Leibelt as consul Sander
- Harald Paulsen as Dr. Bonnett
- Theodor Loos as Lenski
- Franz Weber as Cyrill
- Werner Scharf as Tschelebi
- Franz Zimmermann as Dodley
- Kurt Seifert as Eugene
- Karl Meixner as messenger
- Leo Peukert as Duchan
- Hans Stiebner as host
- Louis Ralph as packager
- Wilhelm Bendow as administrator of the legation
- Kurt Mikulski as opera doorman
- Theodor Vogeler as accompanist #1
- Friedrich Petermann as accompanist #2
- Karl Jüstel
- Angelo Ferrari
- Franz Schafheitlin
- Walter Bechmann
References
[edit]- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 15. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
Bibliography
[edit]- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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