After the two vagabonds Robert and Bertram flee from prison, they get to know the innkeeper’s daughter Lenchen at the “Silver Swan” Inn. Because her father is in desperate need of money, Lenchen is to marry the creditor Biedermeier instead of her beloved military recruit Michel. In order to prevent that, Robert and Bertram travel to the capital and, under false names, manage to make their way into the house of the Jewish commercial advisor Ipelmeyer, to whom Biedermeier is deep in debt. During an evening costume ball, the bums steal the family jewels and give them to Lenchen’s father. Lenchen and Michael get married and Robert and Bertram flee in a balloon into the sky.
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Rudi Godden
Robert
Also in
Hallo Janine
Die lustigen Vagabunden
Kurt Seifert
Bertram
Also in
Eine Nacht im Séparée
We Make Music
Carla Rust
Lenchen
Also in
The Stars Shine
The Laugh Doctor
Fritz Kampers
Strambach, Gefängnisverwalter
Known for
Westfront 1918
Herbert Hübner
Nathan Ipelmeyer
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Tatjana Sais
Isidora
Also in
The Berliner
Glorious Times in the Spessart
Rudolf Schündler
Gast
Known for
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Hans H. Zerlett Director
First release July 6, 1939 · Produced in Germany · Original title Robert und Bertram
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Germany
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Original title
Robert und Bertram
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 6, 1939
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