The Switched Bride

{{Short description|1934 German film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Switched Bride | image =File:The Switched Bride.jpg | caption = | director = [[Karel Lamac]] | producer = Artur Hohenberg Karel Lamac Anny Ondra | based_on = | writer = [[Henry Koster]] [[Peter Ort]] [[Hans H. Zerlett]] | narrator = | starring = [[Anny Ondra]] [[Anton Walbrook]] [[Fritz Odemar]] | music = [[Leo Leux]] | cinematography = [[Otto Heller]] [[Otto Martini]] | editing = [[Ella Ensink]] | studio = Ondra-Lamac-Film | distributor = [[Bavaria Film]] | released ={{Film date|1934|04|17|df=yes}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Switched Bride''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die vertauschte Braut'''}}) is a 1934 German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Karel Lamac]] and starring [[Anny Ondra]], [[Anton Walbrook]] and [[Fritz Odemar]].<ref>Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.19</ref> It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Benno von Arent]]. A separate French-language version, {{lang|fr|L'amour en cage}}, was also produced.

==Synopsis== Wealthy Virginia pays her [[lookalike]] Colly to serve a prison sentence in her place. When Colly is released, she sets her sights on Virginia's intended husband Charles, masquerading as the wealthier woman.

==Cast== * [[Anny Ondra]] as Virginia Vanderloo / Colly * [[Anton Walbrook]] as Charles * [[Fritz Odemar]] as Bittner * [[Otto Wernicke]] as Der Gefängnisdirektor * [[Magda Lena]] * [[O.E. Hasse]] * [[Beppo Brem]] * [[Josef Eichheim]] * [[Otto Brüggemann]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela and Weinstein, Valerie. ''Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025944}}

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