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Game on Board (1936)

Game on Board poster
Original title
Spiel an Bord
Directed by
Herbert Selpin
Genre
comedy film
Country
Nazi Germany, Germany
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1936 German film follows a group of passengers on an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic. A crime happens on board and the travelers get involved in the intrigue.

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What happens

Game on Board (German: Spiel an Bord) is a 1936 German comedy crime film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Viktor de Kowa, Susi Lanner and Alfred Abel. Location shooting took place in Bremerhaven and New York and on the Atlantic crossing of the ocean liner SS Bremen. Interior scenes were shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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