Captain Craddock

1931 film

Max de Vaucorbeil
Hanns Schwarz

Written by

Rowland V. Lee
Hans Müller
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen (novel)
Franz Schulz

Produced byErich PommerStarring

Jean Murat
Käthe von Nagy
Charles Redgie

Cinematography

Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Günther Rittau

Music byWerner R. Heymann

Production
company

UFA

Distributed byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne

Release date

4 December 1931 (1931-12-04)

Running time

87 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageFrench

Captain Craddock (French: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie.^[1] It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film Bombs on Monte Carlo. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte Carlo.

Cast

Jean Murat as Le capitaine Craddock
Käthe von Nagy as La reine Yola
Charles Redgie as Pierre
Alice Tissot as Isabelle
Sinoël as Le consul
Rachel Devirys as Diane
Paul Ollivier as Le directeur du casino
Lucien Callamand as Brégaillon
Nicolas Redelsperger as Le ministre des finances
Comedian Harmonists as Themselves

Cultural references

According to Philippe Goddin, author of Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre^{[citation needed]}, the name of Tintin's character Captain Haddock is inspired by this film. In The Crab with the Golden Claws, Haddock sings one of the film songs, Les gars de la Marine.