The Victor (film)

The Victor (German: Der Sieger) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin and starring Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy and Julius Falkenstein. A postal clerk loses his money gambling on horses, but eventually meets and falls in love with a wealthy man's daughter.[1] It premiered on 23 March 1932 at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.[2]

The Victor
Directed by
Produced byErich Pommer
Written by
Starring
Music byWerner R. Heymann
Cinematography
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 23 March 1932 (1932-03-23)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A separate French-language version Le vainqueur was made, also directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin, with Käthe von Nagy, Jean Murat and Pierre Brasseur.

The film's art direction was by Erich Kettelhut.

Cast

References

  1. Kreimeier p. 188
  2. Hardt p. 240

Bibliography

  • Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Providence: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
  • Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
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