Money on the Street
{{Short description|1930 film}}
{{For|the silent film|Money in the Streets}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Expand German|date=April 2024|topic=cult}}{{Infobox film
|name = Money on the Street
|image = Money on the Street.jpg
|caption = German film poster
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Geld auf der Straße}}
|director = Georg Jacoby
|producer = Nicolas Deutsch
|writer = {{ubl|{{ill|Friedrich Raff|de}}|Julius Urgiß}}
|based_on = {{based on|Geld auf der Straße (play)|Rudolf Bernauer|Rudolf Österreicher}}
|starring = {{ubl|Lydia Pollman|Georg Alexander|Franz Schafheitlin|Leopold Kramer}}
|music = {{ill|Stefan Weiß (composer)|lt=Stefan Weiß|de|Stefan Weiß (Komponist)}}
|editing = Else Baum
|cinematography = Nicolas Farkas
|studio = Felsom Film
Sascha Film
|distributor = Felsom-Film
|released = {{Film date|1930|11|11|df=y}}
|runtime = 85 minutes
|country = Austria
Germany
|language = German
}}
Money on the Street ({{langx|de|Geld auf der Straße|lit=Gold on the Street}}) is a 1930 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lydia Pollman, Georg Alexander, and Franz Schafheitlin. It is notable for the screen debut of Hedy Lamarr, who made a short appearance as an extra, and of Rosa Albach-Retty.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020914/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv |title=Geld auf der Straße (1930) - Trivia - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-01-08 |via=www.imdb.com}}
Plot
A young woman tries to escape her fate of marriage to a dull, but wealthy fiancée.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Lydia Pollman as Dodo
- Georg Alexander as Peter Paul Lutz
- Franz Schafheitlin as Bornhausen
- Leopold Kramer as Emil Reimbacher
- Rosa Albach-Retty as Lona Reimbacher
- Hans Moser as Albin Jensch
- Hugo Thimig, as Max Kesselberg
- Hans Thimig, as Max Kesselberg
- Alfred Neugebauer as Policeman
- Karl Ziegler as Dallibor
- Harry Payer as Sänger in der Carlton-Bar
- Ernst Arnold as Lukas
- Wilhelm Heim as bookkeeper
- Franz Kammauf as manager
- Hedy Lamarr as young woman at night club table
- Rose Mathe as Tschakowa
- Hermann Wawra as Head waiter
- Karl Kneidinger
}}
Production
The film was made by Sascha Film, Austria's largest production company, at the Sievering Studios in Vienna.{{cite book|last=Barton|first=Ruth|title=Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|page=17|year=2010|location=Lexington, KY|isbn=0813136547|jstor=j.ctt2jcvm4}} It was the first sound film made in Austria, facilitated by an agreement made with the German firm Tobis Film who supplied the sound recording equipment. The story was adapted from a play by Rudolf Bernauer. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby and Emil Stepanek.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0020914}}
{{Georg Jacoby}}
Category:1930 romantic comedy films
Category:Austrian romantic comedy films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Georg Jacoby
Category:German films based on plays
Category:Films shot at Sievering Studios
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:German-language romantic comedy films
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