Kleider machen Leute

Drama
4

Early film adaptation of Gottfried Keller's well-known novella as a silent film. The plot revolves around a journeyman tailor who is thrown out by his master and, without his intervention, is forced into a lying role in which he takes on the role of a wealthy person.

Cast

Hermann Thimig
Jaro Sprapinsky
Dora Kaiser
Nettchen
Hugo Thimig
der Wirt zur goldenen Waage
Hans Moser
Notar
Wilhelm Schmidt
Melchior Böhnli
Hans Thimig
Narr
Thea Oesey
Erika
Franz Kammauf
Amtmann
Cornelius Kirschner
Pfarrer
Eugen Guenther
Apotheker
Fritz Strassny
Professor
Victor Kutschera
Bettler

Crew

Hans Steinhoff
Director, Writer
Gottfried Keller
Story

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