''The True Jacob'' (german: Der wahre Jakob) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts,

Anny Ahlers Anny Ahlers (21 December 1902 – 14 March 1933) was a German actress and singer. She was born in Hamburg. Career She was born to Wilhelm Ahlers and his wife Augusta Victoria (Lieberg). Her father was an Army officer and her maternal grandmother ...

, and Felix Bressart. It is based on a play by Franz Arnold and

Ernst Bach Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Wiener Raimond Theater in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenztheater, then to Lustspielhaus in 1905, where he beca ...

which has been adapted into numerous films. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Franz Schroedter.

Cast

* Ralph Arthur Roberts as Peter Struwe *

as Yvette * Felix Bressart as Böcklein *

Hansi Arnstaedt Hansi Arnstaedt (8 December 1878 – 8 May 1945) was a German film actress. Her role subject was that of the frisky and naive, later she was seen in character roles. In 1913, she was given the role of the title character in Franz Porten's three- ...

as Mila * Paul Henckels as Geheimrat Spülpnagel *

Margot Walter Margot Walter, also known as Margot Landa (4 October 1903 in Potsdam, Germany – April 1994 in Camden Town, London, England), was a German actress. Life and career Born in Potsdam near Berlin Walter became a regular member of the cast at the Ha ...

as Lotte * Viktor de Kowa as James * Julius Falkenstein as Count Birkstädt * as Anna * Harry Halm as Fred * Gertrud Wolle as student *

Anna Müller-Lincke Anna Müller-Lincke (8 April 1869 – 24 January 1935) was a German stage and film actress and soubrette. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * ''Den of Iniquity' ...

as Elise * Wilhelm Diegelmann as Portier *Igo Guttmann as Ein Sänger

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* 1931 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans Steinhoff German films based on plays German black-and-white films Films scored by Artur Guttmann Films scored by Hans J. Salter 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub

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