Eight Girls in a Boat (1932 film)

Eight Girls in a Boat
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Helmut Brandis Franz Winterstein
Produced by	Hermann Grund Erich Waschneck
Starring	Karin Hardt Theodor Loos Helmuth Kionka Heinz Goedecke
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Music by	Arthur Rebner
Production company	Fanal-Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	21 September 1932 (1932-09-21)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Eight Girls in a Boat (German: Acht Mädels im Boot) is a 1932 German musical film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Karin Hardt, Theodor Loos, and Helmuth Kionka. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by art director Alfred Junge.

The film has been remade twice, as the 1934 American film Eight Girls in a Boat and as the 1958 Dutch film Jenny. Neither remake was a musical.

Plot

18-year-old schoolgirl Christa realizes that she is pregnant. Urged to have an abortion by the child's father and rejected by her father, she is in despair. She gets hold and support from her friends in the "Seeschwalben" rowing club. With their help, it is possible to persuade father and friend to rethink.

Cast

• Karin Hardt as Christa
• Theodor Loos as Baumeister Engelhardt
• Helmuth Kionka as Hans Hellbach
• Heinz Goedecke as Fritz Lange
• Ali Ghito as Hanna
• Martha Ziegler as Frau Krüger
• Austin Egen as Singer
• Hedwig Schlichter
• Friedrich Ettel
• F.W. Schröder-Schrom
• Katja Bennefeld
• Hedi Heising
• Doris Thalmer
• Sabine Peters
• Gunni Dreyer
• Mary Norden
• Herti Kirchner
• Thea Dorree
• Elfi Richsteiger
• Helga Arndt
• Ursula Schummat
• Dolores de Padilla
• Edna Gray

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

• Eight Girls in a Boat at IMDb