The Victor (film)

The Victor
Directed by	Hans Hinrich Paul Martin
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Written by	Leonhard Frank Robert Liebmann Paul Martin Billy Wilder
Starring	Hans Albers Käthe von Nagy Julius Falkenstein Hans Brausewetter
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Günther Rittau
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	23 March 1932
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Victor (German: Der Sieger) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin and starring Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy and Julius Falkenstein. A postal clerk loses his money gambling on horses, but eventually meets and falls in love with a wealthy man's daughter.^[1] It premiered on 23 March 1932 at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.^[2]

A separate French language version Le vainqueur was made, also directed by Hans Hinrich and Paul Martin, with Käthe von Nagy, Jean Murat and Pierre Brasseur.

The film's art direction was by Erich Kettelhut.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Hans Kühnert
• Käthe von Nagy as Helene
• Julius Falkenstein as Ponta
• Hans Brausewetter as Hunter
• Frida Richard as Kühnerts Mutter
• Max Gülstorff as Hoteldirektor
• Ida Wüst as Schneiderin
• Adele Sandrock as Ältere Dame im Hotel
• Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender as Ein Sänger
• Alfred Beierle
• Eugen Burg
• Hans Deppe
• Arthur Mainzer
• Arthur Peiser
• Willi Schur
• Bruno Ziener
• Comedian Harmonists as Themselves

References

1. Kreimeier p.188
2. Hardt p.240

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• The Victor at the Internet Movie Database