The Mad Bomberg
Directed byRolf Thiele
Written by
Based onThe Mad Bomberg
by Josef Winckler
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVáclav Vích
Edited byCaspar van den Berg
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Arca-Filmproduktion
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • August 22, 1957 (1957-08-22)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Mad Bomberg (German: Der tolle Bomberg) is a 1957 West Germany comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Hans Albers, Marion Michael and Harald Juhnke. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios with sets designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Peter Röhrig. The film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel of the same title by Josef Winckler which was based on a real historical Westphalian aristocrat of the nineteenth century. The film was conceived partly as an attempt to replicate the success of Albers' hit film Münchhausen (1943).[1]

Plot

Baron Gisbert von Bomberg, a wealthy and eccentric lover of practical jokes, leaves the army and returns home. He contrives to get himself out of a long-promised engagement to a woman. His relatives hope to have him declared insane so they can get their hands on his wealth. To avoid another possible marriage, von Bomberg fakes his own death.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Hake p.228

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
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