Capriccio

Capriccio

106 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 10, 1938

Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now...

Capriccio

106 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 10, 1938

Capriccio
Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now...
Producers
Original title Capriccio
Directors Karl Ritter
Writers

Cast

Lilian Harvey

as Madelone alias Don Juan de Casanova

Paul Dahlke

as Césaire, ihr Vormund

Aribert Wäscher

as Präfekt Barberousse

Viktor Staal

as Fernand de Villeneuve, ein Kavalier

Paul Kemp

as Henri de Grau, sein Freund

Kate Kühl

as Gräfin Mallefougasse

Anton Imkamp

as General d'Estroux

Margot Höpfner

as Eve Mallefougasse

Hedi Höpfner

as Anais Mallefougasse

Gudrun Ady

as Klosterschülerin

Ellen Becker

as Manikure bei Henri de Grau

Heinz Berghaus

as Brautwerber

Josef Dahmen

as Brautwerber und Zechkumpane Barberousses

Ursula Deinert

as Ägyptische Tänzerin

Margit Dörr-Humbrecht

as Dicke Charlotte

Wilhelm Egger-Sell

as Brautwerber

Oskar Eigner

as Zechkumpane des Generals

Margot Erbst

as Marie ein Blumenmädchen

Max Harry Ernst

as Gast im Lokal

Friedel Fibelkorn

as Maniküre bei Henri de Grau

Thea Fischer

as Klosterschülerin

Liselotte Flüster

as Tänzerin in Madame Hélènes Tanzsalon

Georg Georgi

as Erster Wirt

Wilhelm Gerber

as Brautwerber

Kurt Getke

as Zechkumpane des Generals

Friedrich Gnaß

as Erster Hahnenkämpfer

Marianne Grund

as Klosterschülerin

Karl Hannemann

as Zweiter Wirt

Lili Harich

as Klosterschülerin

Max Hiller

as Brautwerber

Annemarie Holtz

as Madame Hélène

Albert Ihle

as Zechkumpane

Fritz Petermann

as Zechkumpane

Moja Petrikowski

as Kloster-Oberin

Erika Raphael

as Tanzmädchen

Arthur Reppert

as Zechkumpane des Generals

M. Schleif

as Klosterschülerin

Herr Schröder

as Zechkumpane

Paul Schwed

as Gendarm

Franz Schöber

as Brautwerber

Leo Sloma

as Zechkumpane

Werner Stock

as Der kleine Page

Nico Turoff

as Zweiter Hahnenkämpfer

Elisabeth Veit

as Klosterschülerin

Elfriede Volker

as Klosterschülerin

Martha von Konssatzki

as Alte Barbara

Michael von Newlinsky

as Brautwerber

Anna von Palen

as Nonne

Herr Wagner

as Zechkumpane

Karl Wagner

as Brautwerber

Herbert Weißbach

as Gerichtsvorsitzender