Herkules Maier is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Claire Rommer and Ida Perry.Bock & Bergfelder p.434 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arthur Schwarz and Julius von Borsody. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
Synopsis A travelling salesman and his wife are expecting their first baby. He tries various schemes to raise money to support them both.
Cast Reinhold Schünzel as Stadtreisender Herkules Maier Claire Rommer as Maria, seine Frau Ida Perry as Schwiegermutter Sophie Pagay Ellen Plessow Ernst Behmer Julius E. Herrmann Albert Paulig Ferry Sikla Eugen Burg Max Ehrlich Lydia Potechina Gertl Grossmann Carl Geppert Rosa Valetti as Wirtin Ludwig Stössel Carla Bartheel Hugo Werner-Kahle Sig Arno Maria Kamradek Paul Westermeier Lydia Newerowskaja Arthur Schwarz
References
Bibliography Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. .
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