Quick is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers and Paul Hörbiger. A separate French-language version was made, also directed by Siodmak and starring Harvey.Hardt p. 122 The film is based on a play by Félix Gandéra. It was made by Germany's largest company UFA at the Babelsberg Studios, with sets by art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo.
Plot A woman staying at a health spa goes to the theater every night to see "Quick", a comic performer wearing clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up, and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself, but she maintains her crush on "Quick."
Cast Lilian Harvey as Eva Prätorius Hans Albers as Quick, Music Clown Paul Hörbiger as Lademann, Quick's manager Willy Stettner as Herr von Pohl, named Dicky Albert Kersten as Professor Bertram Karl Meinhardt as Direktor Henkel Paul Westermeier as Clock Genia Nikolaieva as Marion, dancer Käthe Haack as Frau Koch Flockina von Platen as Charlotte Fritz Odemar as Headwaiter
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