Traumulus (1936)

6.5/10 95 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Emil Jannings

Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

Hilde Weissner

Jadwiga, seine Frau

Hans Brausewetter

Rechtsanwalt Falk

Hilde von Stolz

Lydia Link

Harald Paulsen

Niemeyers Sohn

Hans Richter

Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke

Hannes Stelzer

Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast

Herbert Hübner

Landrat von Kannewurf

Ernst Waldow

Assessor Mollwein

Bruno Fritz

Obersekretär Tamaschke

Walter Steinbeck

Major Kleinstüber

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