The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)

Director:

George Marshall

Writers:

Burt Styler (screenplay), Albert E. Lewin (screenplay),

Stars:

Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elke Sommer	...	Paula Schultz
Bob Crane	...	Bill Mason
Werner Klemperer	...	Klaus
Joey Forman	...	Herbert Sweeney
John Banner	...	Weber
Leon Askin	...	Oscar
Maureen Arthur	...	Barbara Sweeney
Robert Carricart	...	Rocco
Theodore Marcuse	...	Owl (as Theo Marcuse)
Larry D. Mann	...	Grossmeyer
John Myhers	...	Boss
Chanin Hale	...	Hilda
Barbara Morrison	...	Klabfus
Benny Baker	...	Cab Driver
Fritz Feld	...	Kessel

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

athlete | track star | east germany | pole vault | west germany | 

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Taglines:

Did you ever see a dream running? Jumping? Stripping? Hiding? Not hiding?

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1968 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

As Maliciosas Aventuras de uma Loura

Filming Locations:

Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward Small Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, and Leon Askin were all starring together on Hogan's Heroes at the time this film was made.

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Connections

Referenced in Made in Germany (1998)

User Reviews

Inspire Non sequitur Genius

You might have to have a solid appreciation of Hogan's Heroes to get into this movie at first, since it's riffing and twisting the ridiculousness of the sitcom via both the situations and the characters (at least three of the major cast members are here, with the Nazi's recast as Russians--but with little change to their costumes, accents, or characterizations, which is one of the jokes, you see . . .bad guys are interchangeable and type-cast in this world of politcal strategizing). Basically, the filmmakers have bumped up the scope, sex, and maliciousness of Hogan's Heroes (a sickly twisted show to begin with, if you really think about the ramifications of making a Holocaust/Nazi comedy--something that's been done multiple times at this point, but at the time of Hogan's making, and of the making of this film, neither Nazi's nor the Cold War were traditionally laughing matters). The jokes are admittedly scattershot and strange, but the strangeness itself is the reason to watch this film--it's endlessly inventive in idiocy and absurdism, while making some intriguing political insinuations about patriotism and political gloss (not things you'd expect in an over-the-top exercise in wackiness). A failed effort? Hell no--this is an under-appreciated work of abstract art-comedy.