This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled about all things, while the other town officials want him dismissed. Curiously it's very hard to see what the film is exactly aiming for. Disaster strikes and the lax prof proves to be too far removed of the real problems of the world, on the other hand his enemies are shown in the most unsympathetic, satirical way denouncing the militaristic, bourgeois ideology of the Kaiserreich.
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34 people
Emil Jannings
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Known for
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Hilde Weissner
Jadwiga, seine Frau
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Hans Brausewetter
Rechtsanwalt Falk
Known for
Münchhausen
Hilde von Stolz
Lydia Link
Also in
Süss, the Jew
Life Begins Tomorrow
Harald Paulsen
Niemeyers Sohn
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Mordsache Holm
Hans Richter
Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Special Section
Hildegard Barko
Olga, Dienstmädchen bei Niemeyer
Also in
Steputat & Co.
When the Cock Crows
Paul W. Krüger
Pedell Schimke
Also in
Violet of Potsdam Square
I for You, You for Me
Hannes Stelzer
Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast
Also in
Venus on Trial
The Crew of the Dora
Hans Joachim Schaufuß
Hans Klausing, Gymnasiast
Also in
Emil and the Detectives
The Burning Secret
Rolf Müller
Emmerich Frommelt, Gymnasiast
Known for
The Blue Angel
Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe
Erwin Putzke
Carl Froelich Director · Robert A. Stemmle Writer Arno Holz Writer
First release January 23, 1936 · Produced in Germany
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Germany
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · January 23, 1936
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No release date listed for United States.
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