Clothes Make the Man (1940 film)
Clothes Make the Man (German: Kleider machen Leute) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak.[1] It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg Studio near Berlin.
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| Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
| Produced by | Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken |
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| Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
| Edited by | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
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| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
- Heinz Rühmann as Wenzel, a seamster
- Hertha Feiler as Annette "Nettchen" Putschli
- Hilde Sessak as Amalia von Serafin
- Fritz Odemar as Graf Stroganoff
- Rudolf Schündler as Tailor Melchior Böhni
- Franz Stein as Herr Putschli
- Hans Stiebner as The Innkeeper
- Helmut Weiss as Herr Häberlin
- Aribert Wäscher as Herr Nievergelt
- Hans Sternberg as The District Administrator
- Franz Weber as Huerli the Master-Tailor
- Erwin Hoffmann as Wenzel's Fellow Seamster
- Erich Ponto as Christoffel
- Leopold von Ledebur as The Burgermeister
- Olga Limburg as Amalia's Chaperone
- Joe Furtner as The Coachman
- Klaus Pohl as The Beggar
Releases
The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles.
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References
- Hull p. 235
Bibliography
- Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01489-3.
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