Capriccio (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...
- Released
- 1938-08-10
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Karl Ritter
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 4 votes
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
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