Capriccio (1938)
Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now...
Director: Karl Ritter
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Lilian Harvey as Madelone alias Don Juan de Casanova |
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Paul Dahlke as Césaire, ihr Vormund |
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Aribert Wäscher as Präfekt Barberousse |
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Viktor Staal as Fernand de Villeneuve, ein Kavalier |
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Paul Kemp as Henri de Grau, sein Freund |
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Kate Kühl as Gräfin Mallefougasse |
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Anton Imkamp as General d'Estroux |
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Margot Höpfner as Eve Mallefougasse |
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Hedi Höpfner as Anais Mallefougasse |
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Gudrun Ady as Klosterschülerin |
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Ellen Becker as Manikure bei Henri de Grau |
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Heinz Berghaus as Brautwerber |
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Josef Dahmen as Brautwerber und Zechkumpane Barberousses |
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Ursula Deinert as Ägyptische Tänzerin |
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Margit Dörr-Humbrecht as Dicke Charlotte |
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Wilhelm Egger-Sell as Brautwerber |
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Oskar Eigner as Zechkumpane des Generals |
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Margot Erbst as Marie ein Blumenmädchen |
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Max Harry Ernst as Gast im Lokal |
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Friedel Fibelkorn as Maniküre bei Henri de Grau |
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Thea Fischer as Klosterschülerin |
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Liselotte Flüster as Tänzerin in Madame Hélènes Tanzsalon |
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Georg Georgi as Erster Wirt |
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Wilhelm Gerber as Brautwerber |
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Kurt Getke as Zechkumpane des Generals |
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Friedrich Gnaß as Erster Hahnenkämpfer |
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Marianne Grund as Klosterschülerin |
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Karl Hannemann as Zweiter Wirt |
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Lili Harich as Klosterschülerin |
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Max Hiller as Brautwerber |
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Annemarie Holtz as Madame Hélène |
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Albert Ihle as Zechkumpane |
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Fritz Petermann as Zechkumpane |
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Moja Petrikowski as Kloster-Oberin |
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Erika Raphael as Tanzmädchen |
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Arthur Reppert as Zechkumpane des Generals |
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M. Schleif as Klosterschülerin |
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Paul Schwed as Gendarm |
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Franz Schöber as Brautwerber |
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Leo Sloma as Zechkumpane |
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Werner Stock as Der kleine Page |
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Nico Turoff as Zweiter Hahnenkämpfer |
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Elisabeth Veit as Klosterschülerin |
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Elfriede Volker as Klosterschülerin |
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Marfa Kassatskaya as Alte Barbara |
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Michael von Newlinsky as Brautwerber |
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Anna von Palen as Nonne |
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Herr Wagner as Zechkumpane |
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Karl Wagner as Brautwerber |
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Herbert Weißbach as Gerichtsvorsitzender |
| Directing | Karl Ritter | Director |