The Schlemihl

The Schlemihl
Directed byMax Nosseck
Written byHans Rameau
Produced byVictor Skutezky
StarringCurt Bois
La Jana
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byRudi Fehr
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Mikrophon Film
Distributed byMikrophon Verleih
Release date
  • 25 November 1931 (1931-11-25)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Schlemihl (German: Der Schlemihl) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Curt Bois, La Jana and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.[1] It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.[2] The title refers to the Yiddish word Schlemiel, to describe a foolish or unlucky person.[3] It was produced during the later years of the Weimar Republic. A number of figures involved with the film were of Jewish background and were forced out of the German film industry following the Nazi takeover.

Synopsis

Having recently been fired from his job, the perpetually unfortunate Hartwig for once has a stroke of luck when he is mistaken for an aristocrat by a wealthy man and attracts the attention of his dream woman the dancer Garda Maro. He then tries to display his bravery to Garda by foiling a robbery and end up in a high-speed chase across the city.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Flaig, Paul. Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
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