''Miss Piccolo'' (German: ''Fräulein Piccolo'') is a 1914 German silent

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directed by

Franz Hofer Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was, in the time of the Third Reich, the Nazism, Nazi Gauleiter of the state of Tyrol, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. As the Nazi party chief for the Tirol/Vorarlberg province he was the most pow ...

and starring

Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler (27 March 1892 – 30 November 1916)
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Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as ...

and

Alice Hechy Alice Hechy (born Alice Scheel; 21 July 1893 – 26 May 1973) was a German stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.240 The film's sets were designed by the

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Fritz Kraenke Fritz Kraenke (1890–1947) was a German art director.Bleckman p.456 He worked on the sets of more than thirty films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * ''The Yellow Death'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Da ...

Cast

Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler (27 March 1892 – 30 November 1916)
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as Lo - Fräulein Piccolo *

as Pinkeles *

Franz Schwaiger Franz Schwaiger (1 February 1918 – 24 April 1944) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or succ ...

as Leutnant Clairon *

as Röschen * Max Lehmann as Los Vater *

Karl Harbacher Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ...

as Kellner *

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as Los Mutter * Martin Wolff * Grete Weixler

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1914 films 1914 comedy films German comedy films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Hofer German black-and-white films Films set in hotels Cross-dressing in film Silent comedy films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub