''Robert and Bertram'' (Polish: ''Robert i Bertrand'') is a 1938 Polish comedy film directed by Mieczysław Krawicz and starring Helena Grossówna, Eugeniusz Bodo and Adolf Dymsza. It was inspired by a comedy sketch by Johann Nestroy which was in turn based on an 1856

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'' Robert and Bertram'' by the German writer

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featuring two wandering vagrants with hearts of gold. A German adaptation was made the following year. The film's

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was by

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and Stefan Norris.''Robert i Bertram''
at the Internet Polish Movie Database

Cast

* Helena Grossówna - Irena * Eugeniusz Bodo - Bertrand * Adolf Dymsza - Robert * Mieczysława Ćwiklińska - siostra Ippla * Antoni Fertner - Ippel, ojciec Ireny * Michał Znicz - baron Dobkiewicz * Józef Orwid - dozorca więzienia * Julian Krzewiński - lokaj * Feliks Żukowski - pan młody * Henryk Małkowski * Edmund Minowicz * Wincenty Łoskot

References

External links

* 1938 films Polish comedy films 1930s Polish-language films Films directed by Mieczysław Krawicz Polish films based on plays 1938 comedy films Polish black-and-white films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub