Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

{{short description|1938 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

| image = Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything.jpg

| caption =

| director = Curt Goetz

| producer = Gerhard Staab

| writer = {{ubl|Karl Peter Gillmann|Curt Goetz}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Curt Goetz|Valerie von Martens|Paul Henckels}}

| music = Franz Grothe

| cinematography = Friedl Behn-Grund

| editing = René Métain

| studio = Tobis Film

| distributor = Tobis Film

| released ={{film date|1938|11|29|df=y}}

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything ({{langx|de|Napoleon ist an allem schuld}}) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Curt Goetz and starring Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Paul Henckels.Kreimeier p. 287 It marked the German debut of the Norwegian-born star Kirsten Heiberg.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.

When Goetz and his wife subsequently emigrated from Nazi Germany, the film was banned by Joseph Goebbels.

Synopsis

Lord Cavershott is a fanatical admirer of Napoleon to the extent that he neglects his own wife Josephine. While attending a conference in Paris to commemorate the French Emperor, he becomes mixed up with an attractive young singer, leading to complications and much confusion.

Cast

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last = Kreimeier | first = Klaus | title = The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945 | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-520-22069-0 }}