''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a 1937 German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Jürgen von Alten Jürgen von Alten (12 January 1903 – 28 February 1994) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. During his career he directed around seventy short and feature films. In 1939 he made the military comedy-drama ''Shoulder Arms''.Richa ...

and starring

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Career Weimar Republic George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first ...

Ida Wüst Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...

, and

Rotraut Richter Rotraut Richter (15 May 1915 – 1 October 1947) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in the role of Gerda in the 1933 Nazi propaganda film '' Hitlerjunge Quex'', receiving a letter of thanks from Joseph Goebbels along with the rest ...

. It is an adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play ''

The Beaver Coat ''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a satirical play by Gerhart Hauptmann premiered in Berlin in 1893. The work is an example of a German naturalistic ''Diebskomödie'', or 'thief's comedy'. The drama takes place "somewhere in Berlin ...

''. The German premiere took place on 3 December 1937. Another film version of the play ''

'' was released in 1949.

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* German comedy films 1937 comedy films Films directed by Jürgen von Alten German films based on plays Films based on works by Gerhart Hauptmann German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub

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