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The Town Stands on Its Head

Jan 21, 1933 · 1h 20m
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Drama

PLOT

In the style of Gogol's Inspector General: When a traveling salesman arrives in the car of a government official, the powers that be of a small town think he's the auditor and try to throw him off the track about their disorderly finances.

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CAST

S.Z. Sakall
Der Bürgermeister
Jenny Jugo
Trude
Hermann Thimig
Heinz
Heinrich Schroth
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Aribert Wäscher
Fritz Kampers
Herr Güterinspektor
Paul Henckels
Herr Berger
Theo Lingen
Fred
Directed by Gustaf Gründgens

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Status
Released
Original language
DE
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Production
Elite Model Management, Elite-Tonfilm-Produktion GmbH, Koppelmann & Reiter
Country
DE
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