Wibbel the Tailor (1939)

5.5/10 75 min Comedy

Overview

During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.

Cast

Erich Ponto

Schneider Anton Wibbel

Fita Benkhoff

Fin, seine Frau

Irene von Meyendorff

Klementine

Friedrich Benfer

André

Günther Lüders

Schneidergeselle Peter Zimpel

Hubert von Meyerinck

Knillich

Lotte Rausch

Mariechen

Ludwig Schmitz

Drögendiek

Albert Florath

Totengräber

Paul Heidemann

Kommissar

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Pangdich

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Heubes

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