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Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl (1945)
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Comedy · 1h 22m
During his trip to the city, a naïve man from the countryside falls victim to a thief who steals his wallet. Since all his personal documents were in it, he not only looses his money but also his identity. The thief turns out to be a cunning con man, who uses the papers for his criminal schemes. Soon enough, a warrant is issued, and eventually both men – the thief and the innocent guy – are arrested. But since all the red tape of the government causes even more confusion, the odyssey of the victim searching for his lost identity has just started.
Cast
Axel von Ambesser
Fridolin Biedermann
R
Ruth Lommel
Elvira Sauer
Gretl Schörg
Madame Marlen, Singer
Paul Henckels
Dr. Heimlich
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Hella
Aribert Wäscher
Polizeikommissär
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Standesbeamter
K
Kurt Weitkamp
Heini Bock
Hubert von Meyerinck
Max Vieregg
R
Ruth Buchardt
Swea
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Konsul Weber
Leopold von Ledebur
Sauer sr.
Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Writer
- Wolfgang Staudte, Josef Maria Frank
- Director of Photography
- Eduard Hoesch
- Editor
- Johanna Rosinski
- Producer
- Bernhard F. Schmidt
Details
- Release date
- 1945-03-01
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Tobis Filmkunst