The Black Whale

The Black Whale
Directed by	Fritz Wendhausen
Written by	Marcel Pagnol (play) Fritz Wendhausen
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 (1934-03-02)
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 1932 play Fanny by Marcel Pagnol.

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 has some production issues due to the takeover of the Nazi Party. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo.

Plot

The Black Whale (Der Schwarze Walfisch) is the German version of Marcel Pagnol’s master piece 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 return after several years determined to have Fanny and the 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 Der Kapitän
• Reinhold Gerstenberg as Der Briefträger
• Käthe Haack as Josefine
• Margarete Kupfer as Frau Jürgens
• Karl Platen as Ein alter Schiffer
• Hans Richter as Ein Heizerjunge
• Willi Schaeffers as Bruns

Bibliography

• Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01489-3.

External links

• The Black Whale at IMDb
• German Films