The Town Stands on Its Head

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The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)

Directed by Gustaf Gründgens

Drama · 1h 20m

In the style of Gogol's Inspector General: When a traveling salesman arrives in the car of a government official, the powers that be of a small town think he's the auditor and try to throw him off the track about their disorderly finances.

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Cast

S.Z. Sakall Der Bürgermeister Jenny Jugo Trude Hermann Thimig Heinz Heinrich Schroth Revisionsrat Aribert Wäscher Fritz Kampers Herr Güterinspektor Paul Henckels Herr Berger Theo Lingen Fred Hans Deppe Schulrat Klein Laurie Lane Sophie Berthe Ostyn
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Herbert Paulmüller Amtsdiener Bieber

Crew

Director
Gustaf Gründgens
Writer
Curt Alexander
Director of Photography
Franz Planer

Details

Original title
Eine Stadt steht kopf
Release date
1933-01-21
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
Elite Model Management, Elite-Tonfilm-Produktion GmbH, Koppelmann & Reiter