The Spanish Fly (1931 film)

{{Short description|1931 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = The Spanish Fly

|image = The Spanish Fly (1931 film).jpg

|caption =

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die spanische Fliege}}

|director = Georg Jacoby

|based_on = {{based on|The Spanish Fly|Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach}}

|starring = Betty Bird
Lizzi Waldmüller
Fritz Schulz

|cinematography = Karl Löb
Willy Winterstein

|editing = Paul May

|studio = Felsom Film

|distributor = Felsom Film

|released = {{Film date|1931|12|9|df=y}}

|runtime = 91 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = German

}}

The Spanish Fly (German: Die spanische Fliege) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Betty Bird, Lizzi Waldmüller and Fritz Schulz.{{cite book|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|page=223|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=1571816550|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6}} It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. It was based on the 1913 play The Spanish Fly by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. The film was remade in 1955.