Directed by Hanns Schwarz and Max de Vaucorbeil, Captain Craddock is a 1931 German musical film featuring the commander of a cruiser whose crew has not been paid for months by the State of Pontenero. He decides to call his country's consul in Monaco to account. He discovers that one of his passengers, Princess Yola, is the sovereign of Pontenero. He succeeds in seducing her and persuading her to entrust him with a large sum of money, which he promptly squanders at the Monte Carlo Casino. A sore loser, he threatens to bombard the Principality if the Casino does not reimburse him. But the princess, in love, dissuades him and sets off with him towards new horizons.
