The Robber Symphony is a 1936 British musical film directed by Friedrich Feher.
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." (reprinted in: )
Trivia The leading roles of Giannino and Giannino's mother were played by the director's son and wife.
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