# Game on Board > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Game_on_Board > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Game_on_Board.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_on_Board > Source revision: 1341584070 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 film Game on Board Directed by Herbert Selpin Written by Axel Ivers (play) Herbert Selpin Walter Zerlett-Olfenius Produced by Martin Pichert Starring Viktor de Kowa Susi Lanner Alfred Abel Cinematography Bruno Timm Edited by Alexandra Anatra Music by Michael Jary Heinrich Strecker Production company Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion Distributed by Terra Film Release date 3 November 1936 (1936-11-03) Running time 82 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Game on Board*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Spiel an Bord***) is a 1936 German [comedy](/source/Comedy_film) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Herbert Selpin](/source/Herbert_Selpin) and starring [Viktor de Kowa](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa), [Susi Lanner](/source/Susi_Lanner) and [Alfred Abel](/source/Alfred_Abel).[1] [Location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) took place in [Bremerhaven](/source/Bremerhaven) and [New York](/source/New_York_City) and on the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic) crossing of the [ocean liner](/source/Ocean_liner) *[SS Bremen](/source/SS_Bremen_(1928))*. Interior scenes were shot at the [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Erich Czerwonski](/source/Erich_Czerwonski). ## Synopsis Young [chauffeur](/source/Chauffeur) Viktor boards an ocean liner as a [stowaway](/source/Stowaway) on an [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic) crossing to America. A series of mistaken identities follow as he is confused for a [millionaire](/source/Millionaire) travelling incognito, and is also able to thwart the schemes of two [fraudsters](/source/Fraudsters) on board. ## Cast - [Viktor de Kowa](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa) as Viktor Müller - [Susi Lanner](/source/Susi_Lanner) as Susanne Rauh, Sekretärin - [Alfred Abel](/source/Alfred_Abel) as I. C. Corner, Konzernchef - [Carsta Löck](/source/Carsta_L%C3%B6ck) as Fräulein Distelmann, Politesse - [Jakob Tiedtke](/source/Jakob_Tiedtke) as Herr Henning - [Erika Bert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erika_Bert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Astrid, seine Tochter - [Hubert von Meyerinck](/source/Hubert_von_Meyerinck) as Marquis de la Tours, ein Betrüger - [Paul Heidemann](/source/Paul_Heidemann) as Baron von Western, sein Komplize - [Ernst Waldow](/source/Ernst_Waldow) as Corner Sekretär Black - [Günther Lüders](/source/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCders) as Matrose - [Erich Fiedler](/source/Erich_Fiedler) as Obersteward - [Hans Joachim Schaufuß](/source/Hans_Joachim_Schaufu%C3%9F) as Boy Horst - [Edith Meinhard](/source/Edith_Meinhard) as erste Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten - [Max Wilmsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Wilmsen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Hafenarbeiter - [Fritz Draeger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Draeger&action=edit&redlink=1) as Steward - [Lothar Devaal](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lothar_Devaal&action=edit&redlink=1) as Steward - [Curt Lauermann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curt_Lauermann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Besatzungsmitglied - [Jutta von Remsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jutta_von_Remsky&action=edit&redlink=1) as zweite Bewerberin für den Sekretärinposten - [Curt de Planque](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curt_de_Planque&action=edit&redlink=1) as Tänzer im Speisesaal - [Ferdinand Robert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferdinand_Robert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Passagier im Speisesaal - [Klaus Seiwert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Seiwert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Passagier im Speisesaal - [Ernst Stimmel](/source/Ernst_Stimmel) - [Flora Berthold](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flora_Berthold&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 443 ## Bibliography - Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-655-9). ## External links - [*Game on Board*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028293/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Herbert Selpin Antoinette (1932) Chauffeur Antoinette (1932) The Love Contract (1932) Dream of the Rhine (1933) Girls of Today (1933) Between Two Hearts (1934) The Champion of Pontresina (1934) The Riders of German East Africa (1934) An Ideal Husband (1935) The Green Domino (1935, German) The Green Domino (1935, French) Scandal at the Fledermaus (1936) Game on Board (1936) Romance (1936) Alarm in Peking (1937) The Marriage Swindler (1938) I Love You (1938) Sergeant Berry (1938) Water for Canitoga (1939) A Man Astray (1940) Trenck the Pandur (1940) Carl Peters (1941) Secret File W.B.1 (1942) Titanic (1943) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. 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