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title: 'Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Selpin'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ein-mann-auf-abwegen-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031623/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)

1940 · 88 min · Comedy · Germany


## Synopsis

A Man Astray is a 1940 German comedy adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele and Hilde Weissner. The film is an adaptation of the 1938 novel Percy auf Abwegen by Hans Zehrer. The sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. Shooting took place at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and the Bavaria Studios in Munich, with additional location shooting around Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. Produced and distributed by Tobis Film, one of Nazi Germany's leading film companies, the film was a financial success. It was remade as the 1963 film A Holiday Like Never Before starring Carlos Thompson and Eva Bartok.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Selpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-selpin)
- **Screenplay:** [Harald G. Petersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-g-petersson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Doelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-doelle)
- **Producer:** [Franz Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-vogel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-koch)

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