Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (1938)

8.5/10 • 91 min • Comedy

Overview

English Lord Arthur Cavershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his obsession with the French emperor. When the cranky historian travels to a Napoleon conference in Paris, his smart spouse secretly follows him. Unnoticed by her, the city of love threatens to spark a romance between Arthur and a chorus girl.

Cast

Curt Goetz

Lord Arthur Cavershoot

Valerie von Martens

Lady Josephine Cavershoot

Kirsten Heiberg

Fifi

Max Gülstorff

Prof. Meunier

Leopold von Ledebur

Butler William

Rudolf Schündler

Rundfunk-Reporter

Walter Gross

Reiseführer im Autobus

Hans Mierendorff

Revue-Dichter

Hermann Pfeiffer

Revue-Napoleon

Willi Schur

Jack Trevor

Olga Limburg

Horst Birr

Eberhard Leithoff

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