The Blue Mouse
{{short description|1928 film}}
{{For|the 1913 film|The Blue Mouse (1913 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Blue Mouse
| image = The Blue Mouse.jpg
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| director = Johannes Guter
| producer = Günther Stapenhorst
| writer = Robert Liebmann
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jenny Jugo|Harry Halm|Brita Appelgren}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = Friedl Behn-Grund
| studio = UFA
| distributor = UFA
| released = {{film date|1928|11|16|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
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| gross =
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The Blue Mouse ({{langx|de|Die blaue Maus}}) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Jenny Jugo, Harry Halm, and Brita Appelgren.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=514}} The film was distributed in England by Gaumont in a sound version.The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1970 (1973), London: David & Charles. {{ISBN|0-7153-5572-4}}, LCCN 72007861, OCLC 447306. While the sound version had no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Jenny Jugo as Fanchon Ravassol
- Harry Halm as Caesar Robin
- Brita Appelgren as Clarisse Mosquitier, seine Braut
- Julius Falkenstein as Vater Mosquitier
- Albert Paulig as Firmenpräsident Lebodier
- Hermine Sterler as Frau Lebodier
- Willi Forst as Rigault, Sekretär
- Rina Marsa as Frau Rigault
- Max Ehrlich as Auktionator E. A. Matthieu
- Ernst Behmer as Bürodiener
- Harry Grunwald
}}
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Fanchon Waltz” by Pat Heale (words) and Walter Collins (music).
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0018707}}
{{Johannes Guter}}
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Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:Films directed by Johannes Guter
Category:German silent feature films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Silent German comedy films
Category:1920s German-language films
Category:German-language comedy films
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