# The Switched Bride > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Switched_Bride > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Switched_Bride.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Switched_Bride > Source revision: 1353330080 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1934 German film The Switched Bride Directed by Karel Lamac Written by Henry Koster Peter Ort Hans H. Zerlett Produced by Artur Hohenberg Karel Lamac Anny Ondra Starring Anny Ondra Anton Walbrook Fritz Odemar Cinematography Otto Heller Otto Martini Edited by Ella Ensink Music by Leo Leux Production company Ondra-Lamac-Film Distributed by Bavaria Film Release date 17 April 1934 (1934-04-17) Running time 86 minutes Country Germany Language German ***The Switched Bride*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Die vertauschte Braut***) is a 1934 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Karel Lamac](/source/Karel_Lamac) and starring [Anny Ondra](/source/Anny_Ondra), [Anton Walbrook](/source/Anton_Walbrook) and [Fritz Odemar](/source/Fritz_Odemar).[1] It was shot at the [Bavaria Studios](/source/Bavaria_Studios) in [Munich](/source/Munich). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Benno von Arent](/source/Benno_von_Arent). A separate French-language version, *L'amour en cage*, was also produced. ## Synopsis Wealthy Virginia pays her [lookalike](/source/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](/source/Anny_Ondra) as Virginia Vanderloo / Colly - [Anton Walbrook](/source/Anton_Walbrook) as Charles - [Fritz Odemar](/source/Fritz_Odemar) as Bittner - [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Der Gefängnisdirektor - [Magda Lena](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magda_Lena&action=edit&redlink=1) - [O.E. Hasse](/source/O.E._Hasse) - [Beppo Brem](/source/Beppo_Brem) - [Josef Eichheim](/source/Josef_Eichheim) - [Otto Brüggemann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_Br%C3%BCggemann&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.19 ## 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 - [*The Switched Bride*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025944/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Karel Lamač Gilly in Prague for the First Time (1920) White Paradise (1924) Karel Havlíček Borovský (1925) The Lantern (1925) The Countess from Podskalí (1926) Never the Twain (1926) Eve's Daughters (1928) Suzy Saxophone (1928) The First Kiss (1928) The Girl with the Whip (1929) Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929) Sinful and Sweet (1929) The Caviar Princess (1930) Fairground People (1930) Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) Him and His Sister (1931) The Squeaker (1931) Business Under Distress (1931) Die Fledermaus (1931) The Cruel Mistress (1932) The Undertaker (1932) A Night in Paradise (1932) Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Kiki (1932) Should We Wed Them? (1932) Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) Mamsell Nitouche (1932) The Ringer (1932) The Love Hotel (1933) Daughter of the Regiment (1933) Little Dorrit (1934) Nezlobte dědečka (1934) The Switched Bride (1934) The Brenken Case (1934) Polish Blood (1934) Frasquita (1934) I Love All the Women (1935) Knockout (1935) The Young Count (1935) The White Horse Inn (1935) The Bashful Casanova (1936) The Postman from Longjumeau (1936) Where the Lark Sings (1936) Florentine (1937) A Girl from the Chorus (1937) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) Cause for Divorce (1937) The Vagabonds (1937) The Lantern (1938) Ducháček Will Fix It (1938) Place de la Concorde (1939) Schweik's New Adventures (1943) They Met in the Dark (1943) It Happened One Sunday (1944) One Night at the Tabarin (1947) The Thief of Bagdad (1952) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. 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