---
title: 'Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Curt Goetz'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/napoleon-is-to-blame-for-everything-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206969/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (1938)

1938 · 93 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Napoleon ist an allem schuld

## Synopsis

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Curt Goetz and starring Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Paul Henckels. It marked the German debut of the Norwegian-born star Kirsten Heiberg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. When Goetz and his wife subsequently emigrated from Nazi Germany, the film was banned by Joseph Goebbels.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Curt Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-goetz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Grothe](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-grothe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Friedl Behn-Grund](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-behn-grund)
- **Editor:** [René Métain](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-metain)

## Cast

- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Willi Schur](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-schur)
- [Valerie von Martens](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-von-martens)
- [Rudolf Schündler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-schundler)
- [Paul Henckels](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-henckels)
- [Max Gülstorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-gulstorff)
- [Maria Krahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-krahn)
- [Curt Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-goetz)
- [Otto Stoeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-stoeckel)
- [Olga Limburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-limburg)
- [Werner Schott](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schott)
- [Hermann Pfeiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-pfeiffer)
- [Kirsten Heiberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-heiberg)
- [Walter Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gross)
- [Jack Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-trevor)

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