Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930 film)

{{Short description|1930 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Three Days Confined to Barracks

|image = Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930 film).jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Drei Tage Mittelarrest}}

|director = Carl Boese

|producer = Arnold Pressburger

|writer = {{ubl|{{Interlanguage link|Heinz Gordon|de}}|Bobby E. Lüthge|Károly Nóti|Géza von Cziffra}}

|starring = {{ubl|Max Adalbert|Ida Wüst|Gretl Theimer|Lucie Englisch}}

|music = Nico Dostal

|editing = Max Brenner

|cinematography = Robert Lach

|studio = Cine-Allianz Tonfilm

|distributor = Messtro-Film

|released = {{Film date|1930|11|10|df=yes}}

|runtime = 92 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = German

}}

Three Days Confined to Barracks (German: Drei Tage Mittelarrest) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst, and Gretl Theimer. The film is a farce set around a military barracks. It was a major hit on its release.{{cite book|last=Prawer|first=Siegbert Salomon|author-link=Siegbert Salomon Prawer|title=Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2005|location=New York, NY|page=130|isbn=1845453034|jstor=j.ctt9qd8qp}} It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was later remade in 1955 under the same title.