Heads Up, Charley
{{short description|1927 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Heads Up, Charley
| image = Heads Up, Charley.jpg
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| director = Willi Wolff
| producer = {{ubl|Ellen Richter|Willi Wolff}}
| writer = {{ubl|Ludwig Wolff (novel)|Robert Liebmann|Willi Wolff}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Ellen Richter|Anton Pointner|Michael Bohnen|Max Gülstorff|Marlene Dietrich}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Axel Graatkjaer|Georg Krause}}
| studio = {{ubl|Ellen Richter Film|UFA}}
| distributor = Parufamet
| released = {{Film date|1927|03|18|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = Germany
| language = Silent
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Heads Up, Charley (German: Kopf hoch, Charly!) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, and Michael Bohnen. Marlene Dietrich appears in a supporting role.
Production
The film is based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff with location shooting done in Paris, Hamburg and New York. Other scenes were shot at Berlin's EFA Studios. The film premiered on 18 March 1927 at the UFA-Theatre Kurfürstendamm in BerlinBach p.494 and was a box office success.
Richter's heirs later agreed to withhold the film from exhibition during Dietrich's lifetime.Bach p.542
Cast
- Ellen Richter as Charlotte Ditmar
- Anton Pointner as Frank Ditmar
- Michael Bohnen as John Jacob Bunjes
- Max Gülstorff as Harry Mosenheim
- Margaret Quimby as Margie Quinn
- George De Carlton as Rufus Quinn
- Angelo Ferrari as Marquis d'Ormesson
- Robert Scholz as Herzog von Sanzedilla
- Nikolai Malikoff as Prince Platonoff
- Toni Tetzlaff as Fr. Zangenberg
- Marlene Dietrich as Edmée Marchand
- Blandine Ebinger as Näherin
- Albert Paulig as Bunjes' Diener
References
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Bibliography
- Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Ryan, David Stuart. The Blue Angel - The Life and Films of Marlene Dietrich. Kozmik Press, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0017043}}
{{Willi Wolff}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Willi Wolff
Category:Films based on German novels
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Silent German comedy films
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