A City Upside Down

A City Upside Down
Directed byGustaf Gründgens
Written byCurt Alexander
Based onThe Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol
Starring
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited by
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Elite Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed by
  • Metropol-Filmverleih
  • Lux Film (Austria)
Release date
  • 21 January 1933 (1933-01-21)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A City Upside Down (German: Eine Stadt steht Kopf) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring S.Z. Sakall, Jenny Jugo and Hermann Thimig.[1] It is based on the 1836 play The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol. A separate Czech adaptation of the story The Inspector General was made the same year.[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rochus Gliese and Gabriel Pellon. Paul Martin worked as assistant director on the film. Some location shooting took place in Staufen im Breisgau. This movie is set in the modern day (the 1930s).

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Grange 2008, p. 404.
  2. ^ Waldman 2008, p. 132.

Bibliography

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  • Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
  • Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.
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