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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Alexander Mügge. The title was a well-known phrase to attack Jews, and was one of the first openly

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films produced under the Nazi regime.Waldman p.75

Cast

as Ferdinand Mühlbauer *

as Gretl, seine Tochter *

as Dr. Lehmann, Rechtsanwalt * Otto Wallburg as Untermeier, Grundstücksspekulant * Kurt Vespermann as Dr. Günther, Rechtsanwalt * Theo Lingen as Glaser, Grundstücksspekulant * Walter Steinbeck as Direktor Messerschmidt *

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as Büngermann * Käthe Haack as Frau Hornstedt * Hans Leibelt as Klagemann, beider Hauptgläubiger *

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as Ober

References

Bibliography

* Niven, Bill. ''Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion''. Yale University Press, 2018. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1934 films 1934 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Kampers German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films set in the 1920s {{1930s-Germany-film-stub