Monte Carlo Madness is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film Bombs on Monte Carlo, which was based on the 1930 novel Bombs on Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost 375,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ to produce.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
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Plot
In Monte Carlo, a captain tries his luck at the gaming table to raise money to pay his crew. He meets and falls in love with a queen.
Cast
Sari Maritza as Queen Yola
Hans Albers as Capt. Erickson
Charles Redgie as Peter
Helen Haye as Isabel
John Deverell as Consul
C. Hooper Trask as Prime Minister
Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
Kapelle Carlo Minari as Themselves - Orchestra
Reception
The film was not a success with contemporary critics. A review in Film Pictorial observed that "Erich Pommer is a great producer, but in this film he does not live up to his established reputation.