A Hoax

A Hoax
Directed byE. W. Emo
Written by
Starring
CinematographyBruno Mondi
Edited byWolfgang Wehrum
Music byViktor Corzilius
Production
company
Algefa Film
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
  • 4 September 1936 (1936-09-04)
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A Hoax (German: Schabernack) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, and Hans Moser.[1] It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.[2]

Synopsis

A hotel is financially struggling until the nearby lunatic asylum is forced to close following a fire and all the patients are relocated to the hotel. Confusion arises when a newly arrived hotel guest is mistaken for a lunatic.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 327.
  2. ^ Klaus p.177

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.


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