The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Viktor de KowaDirector
Cast
- Erich PontoSchneider Anton Wibbel
- Fita BenkhoffFin, seine Frau
- Irene von MeyendorffKlementine
- Friedrich BenferAndré
- Günther LüdersSchneidergeselle Peter Zimpel
- Hubert von MeyerinckKnillich
- Lotte RauschMariechen
- S.O. SchoeningPicard
- Theo LucasMölfes
- Ludwig SchmitzDrögendiek
- Albert FlorathTotengräber
- Eva TinschmannFrau Heubes