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The Robber Symphony
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Wikipedia article
'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 Andr 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.
References
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