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.Klaus p.251 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-schlemihl_e53793a76d794862bcfcbcb94f8ea8bb The title refers to the Yiddish word Schlemiel, to describe a foolish or unlucky person.Flaig p.105 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 Curt Bois as Hartwig La Jana as Garda Maro, Tänzerin Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Jack Brillant Molino von Kluck as Sweetheart Hubert von Meyerinck as Baron Stechling Gregori Chmara as Fürst Janitscheff Max Ehrlich as Geheimrat Prof. Dr. Fürchterlich Georg Berg as Blümchen, Möbelhändler Robert Weinmann as Der Ober
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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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