Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (German: Napoleon ist an allem schuld) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Curt Goetz and starring Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Paul Henckels.^[1] It marked the German debut of the Norwegian-born star Kirsten Heiberg.

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything
Directed by	Curt Goetz
Written by	Karl Peter Gillmann Curt Goetz
Produced by	Gerhard Staab
Starring	Curt Goetz Valerie von Martens Paul Henckels
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	29 November 1938 (1938-11-29)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.

When Goetz and his wife subsequently emigrated from Nazi Germany, the film was banned by Joseph Goebbels.

Synopsis

Lord Cavershott is a fanatical admirer of Napoleon to the extent that he neglects his own wife Josephine. While attending a conference in Paris to commemorate the French Emperor, he becomes mixed up with an attractive young singer, leading to complications and much confusion.

Cast

• Curt Goetz as Lord Arthur Cavershott
• Valerie von Martens as Lady Josephine Cavershott
• Paul Henckels as Lord Cunningham
• Else von Möllendorff as Pünktchen (Madeleine)
• Kirsten Heiberg as Fifi
• Max Gülstorff as Professor Meunier
• Willi Schur as Rustan
• Maria Krahn as Madge, Kammerzofe
• Leopold von Ledebur as Butler William
• Hans Mierendorff as Revue-Dichter
• Rudolf Schündler as Rundfunkreporter
• Eduard von Winterstein as Mister Harrison
• Jack Trevor as Minister
• Olga Limburg as Madame Prunelle
• Hermann Pfeiffer as Revue-Napoleon
• Horst Birr as Junger reporter in paris
• Eberhard Leithoff as Regisseur Cukier
• Edmond Leslie as Tänzer
• Christel Schmitz as Tänzerin
• Walter Gross as Reiseführer im Autobus
• Charly Berger as Assistant Kriminalbeamter
• Egon Brosig as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
• Peter Busse as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
• Angelo Ferrari as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
• Lothar Glathe as Diener
• Fred Goebel as Kriminalbeamter
• Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
• Alfred Karen as Mitglied des Empfangskomitee
• Seraj Munir as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
• Karl Platen as Angestellter im Pariser Theater
• Werner Schott as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
• Leo Sloma as Wirt
• Otto Stoeckel as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress
• Eugen von Bongardt as Teilnehmer am Napoleon Kongress