Quick
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Félix Gandéra (play) Hans Müller
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lilian Harvey Hans Albers
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Günther Rittau
Edited by	Viktor Gertler
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann Werner R. Heymann Gérard Jacobson
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	8 August 1932 (1932-08-08)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Quick is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers and Paul Hörbiger. A separate French-language version was made, also directed by Siodmak and starring Harvey. ^[1] The film is based on a play by Félix Gandéra. It was made by Germany's largest company UFA at the Babelsberg Studios, with sets by art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. A separate French-language film Quick featuring Harvey was also produced.

Plot

A woman staying at a health spa, Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a comic performer, who wears clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself but she maintains her crush on "Quick."

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Eva Prätorius
• Hans Albers as Quick, Music Clown
• Paul Hörbiger as Lademann, Quick's manager
• Willy Stettner as Herr von Pohl, named Dicky
• Albert Kersten as Professor Bertram
• Karl Meinhardt as Direktor Henkel
• Paul Westermeier as Clock
• Genia Nikolaieva as Marion, dancer
• Käthe Haack as Frau Koch
• Flockina von Platen as Charlotte
• Fritz Odemar as Headwaiter

References

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. ISBN  978-1-57181-930-7.

External links

• Quick at IMDb

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