Shangri-La Again Shangri-La Again Spike Milligan's radio play Shangri-La Again is based loosely on the novel "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. The story is set during the invasion of Manchuria (1933). Ned Seagoon leads the British residents of Peking in a desperate attempt to escape the clutches of the invading Japanese army. A pilot by the name of Count Moriarty offers to fly the residents to freedom for a considerable fee, however, even his plans are wrecked when his plane crashes in the mountains. Moriarty, Seagoon and the other survivors must rely on a mysterious, barefoot boy named Bluebottle to guide them
Little Man, What Now? (1933 film) that the script writers "would take a different approach," which they did. The Nazi Film Review Office insisted on extensive cuts, including all scenes featuring the Comedian Harmonists. It was well received by contemporary critics, many of whom considered it the best German film of 1933. A separate American film adaptation of Fallada's novel, "Little Man, What Now?", was released in 1934. Little Man, What Now? (1933 film) Little Man, What Now? (German: Kleiner Mann - was nun?) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hermann Thimig, Hertha Thiele and Viktor de Kowa. It is