The Pride of Company Three

The Pride of Company Three
Directed by	Fred Sauer
Written by	Friedrich Raff
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Anton Walbrook Eugen Burg Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Fred Sauer
Music by	Hans May
Production company	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	4 January 1932 (1932-01-04)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Pride of Company Three (German: Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Heinz Rühmann, Anton Walbrook and Eugen Burg. It premiered on 4 January 1932. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Neppach and Erwin Scharf.

Synopsis

The film is set in pre-1914 Germany. It follows the tangled love lives of a group of soldiers at a military barracks.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Gustav Diestelbeck
• Anton Walbrook as Prinz Willibald
• Eugen Burg as Minister v. Schwarzenbecher
• Ferdinand von Alten as Martini, Lakai
• Josef Peterhans as Kommandierender General
• Walter Steinbeck as Major Schering
• Viktor de Kowa as Leutnant Fritz Gernsbach
• Fritz Kampers as Feldwebel Krause
• Gerhard Bienert as Sergeant Schmidt
• Rudolf Platte as Unteroffizier Knoll
• Heinz Förster-Ludwig as Musketier Lange
• Herbert Nußbaum as Musketier Baum
• Paul Henckels as Weinbauer Diestelbeck
• Arthur Mainzer as Hotelier
• Trude Berliner as Vera, Stimmungssängerin
• Ilse Korseck as Gertrude
• Christl Mardayn as Emma Wacker

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• The Pride of Company Three at IMDb