Heads Up, Charley

Heads Up, Charley (German: Kopf hoch, Charly!) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, and Michael Bohnen. Marlene Dietrich appears in a supporting role.

Heads Up, Charley
Directed by	Willi Wolff
Written by	Ludwig Wolff (novel) Robert Liebmann Willi Wolff
Produced by	Ellen Richter Willi Wolff
Starring	Ellen Richter Anton Pointner Michael Bohnen Max Gülstorff Marlene Dietrich
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjaer Georg Krause
Production companies	Ellen Richter Film UFA
Distributed by	Parufamet
Release date	18 March 1927 (1927-03-18)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Production

The film is based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff with location shooting done in Paris, Hamburg and New York. Other scenes were shot at Berlin's EFA Studios. The film premiered on 18 March 1927 at the UFA-Theatre Kurfürstendamm in Berlin^[1] and was a box office success.

Richter's heirs later agreed to withhold the film from exhibition during Dietrich's lifetime.^[2]

Cast

• Ellen Richter as Charlotte Ditmar
• Anton Pointner as Frank Ditmar
• Michael Bohnen as John Jacob Bunjes
• Max Gülstorff as Harry Mosenheim
• Margaret Quimby as Margie Quinn
• George De Carlton as Rufus Quinn
• Angelo Ferrari as Marquis d'Ormesson
• Robert Scholz as Herzog von Sanzedilla
• Nikolai Malikoff as Prince Platonoff
• Toni Tetzlaff as Fr. Zangenberg
• Marlene Dietrich as Edmée Marchand
• Blandine Ebinger as Näherin
• Albert Paulig as Bunjes' Diener