The Little Escapade

{{Short description|1931 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Little Escapade | image =The Little Escapade.jpg | caption = | director = Reinhold Schünzel | producer = Günther Stapenhorst | writer = {{ubl|Emeric Pressburger|Reinhold Schünzel}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Renate Müller|Hermann Thimig|Hans Brausewetter}} | music = Ralph Erwin | cinematography = Werner Brandes | editing = | studio = UFA | distributor = UFA | released ={{film date|1931|8|14|df=y}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Little Escapade''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der kleine Seitensprung'''}}) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Hans Brausewetter.<ref>Salwolkep .54</ref> It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Werner Schlichting. A separate French-language version was also made.

==Synopsis== A woman pretends that she is having an affair as a joke on her husband, but as he decides to start divorce proceedings she realises she has taken the joke too far.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Renate Müller as Erika Heller * Hermann Thimig as Walter Heller * Hans Brausewetter as Dr. Max Eppmann, Transportleiter * Otto Wallburg as August Wernecke, Fabrikant * Hilde Hildebrand as Lona Wernecke, seine Frau * Diana as Wahrsagerin * Hermann Blaß as Klavierspieler * Oscar Sabo as Lohndiener * Martha Ziegler as Zofe * Paul Westermeier as Tänzer in der Bar * Otti Dietze * Olga Engl * Berta Gast * Ruth Jacobsen * Hildegard Kohnert * Michael von Newlinsky * Gertrud Wolle * Louise Lagrange }}

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== Bibliography == * {{cite book | first = Scott | last = Salwolke | title = The Films of Michael Powell and the Archers | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-8108-3183-4 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/filmsofmichaelpo0000salw }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0023095}}

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