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The Robber Symphony
1936 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Robber Symphony is a 1936 British musical film directed by Friedrich Feher.[1]
Cast
- Hans Feher as Giannino
- Magda Sonja as Giannino's mother
- George Graves as Giannino's grandfather
- Michael Martin Harvey as Man with straw hat
- Webster Booth as Singer
- Jack Tracy as Bassoon Player
- Oscar Asche as Chief Gendarme
- Alexandre Rignault as Black Devil
- George André Martin as The Mayor
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mixed reception. Despite characterizing the picture as "certainly the most interesting film of the last twelve months", Greene found the film to deliver a "priggish[] reprimand [with] a didactic note". Praising the story as "excellent" and dwelling on the "superb sequence of four player-pianos dragged across the Alps", Greene nevertheless complained that "in so far as [Feher's] experiment is original, it is barren."[2]
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Trivia
The leading roles of Giannino and Giannino's mother were played by the director's son and wife.
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