The Model from Montparnasse

Adieu Mascotte
Directed by	Wilhelm Thiele
Written by	Michel Linsky (novel) Franz Schulz
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Lilian Harvey Igo Sym Marietta Millner
Cinematography	Nikolai Toporkoff
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	2 August 1929 (1929-08-02)
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Model from Montparnasse (German: Das Modell vom Montparnasse) or Adieu Mascotte is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Igo Sym and Marietta Millner.^[1] Originally made as a silent film, it later had synchronized sound added. It is set in the Demimonde of Paris with a heroine working as an artist's model.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot at the Babelsberg, Staaken and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Paris and Nice.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Mascotte
• Igo Sym as Jean Dardier, author
• Marietta Millner as Josette, his wife
• Harry Halm as Gaston, her lover
• Julius Falkenstein as Giron
• Ernst Pröckl as Servant at the Gastons
• Erika Dannhoff as A model
• Oskar Sima as Servant at the Dardiers
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Sleeper conductor
• Albert Paulig
• Eugen Thiele

References

1. Prawer p. 89

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Model from Montparnasse at IMDb