''Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari'' ("The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari") is a 1930 German

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directed by

Robert Wohlmuth Robert Wohlmuth (1902–1987) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Following the Anschluss of 1938, Wohlmuth was forced to flee Austria. He went to America where he worked under the name Robert Wilmot.Parker & Poole p.124 Selected film ...

and starring Max Hansen, Paul Morgan and Carl Jöken. The film is a parody of the

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of the era.Bock & Bergfelder p. 346 Its title is a reference to the 1919

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film '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''.

Cast

* Max Hansen as Max Hansen / Pepperl Kröninger * Paul Morgan as Paul Morgan / Sebaldus Kröninger / Ehemann (husband) * Carl Jöken as

Kammersänger Kammersänger (male) or Kammersängerin (female), abbreviated Ks. or KS, is a German honorific title for distinguished singers of opera and classical music. It literally means "chamber singer". Historically, the title was bestowed by princes or ...

Carl Jöken / Gesangspädagoge (singing instructor) *

Marianne Stanior Marianne Stanior (1910–1967) was a German stage and film actress.Giesen p.188 Selected filmography * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * '' The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari'' (1930) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1935) * ''The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * ...

as Sekretärin der Trio-Film (secretary of Trio film) *

Gisela Werbisek Gisela Werbezirk (also spelled ''Werbisek'', 8 April 1875 – 15 April 1956) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. For most of her career, she performed across theaters in Europe, notably in Vienna and Berlin, and at one time was compared to stage ...

as Hedda Mutz-Kahla, Schriftstellerin (author) *

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as Ehefrau (wife) *

Else Reval Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * '' War in Peace'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers' ...

as Sängerin (vocalist) *

Ellen Plessow Ellen Plessow (born as Helene Wiemuth Penning on 12 January 1891, in Oldenburg – 2 September 1967, in West Berlin) was a German actress. Plessow attended the conservatory in Hanover and played in Berlin theatres. Starting in the 1920s she playe ...

Willy Prager Willy Prager (23 May 1877 – 4 March 1956) was a German actor, writer and Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artist ...

as Patient (patient) *

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 Leopold, Kellner (waiter) *

Wolfgang von Schwindt Wolfgang von Schwind also spelled Wolfgang von Schwindt (4 July 1879 – 19 April 1949) was an Austrian actor and opera singer. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1920 to 1947. He was the grandson of Austrian painter Moritz von Schwind ...

as Arzt (doctor) *

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Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * '' Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' When the Mother an ...

as Gast / Schwiegervater (guest / father-in-law) *

Gyula Szőreghy Gyula Szőreghy (30 November 1887 – 22 December 1942) was a Hungarian film actor. Szőreghy was born in Algyo, Austria-Hungary (now, Hungary) and died in 1942 in Budapest. He was also credited as Julius von Szöreghy. Selected filmography * ...

Erik Ode Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He mar ...

as Wolfgang Anglert, Chefredakteur (editor-in-chief) * Die Weintraub Syncopators as Orchester (orchestra) * Ida Krill as Das Dienstmädchen (the handmaiden)

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Robert Wohlmuth 1930s parody films Films about filmmaking Tobis Film films Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1930 comedy films 1930s German films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub