''Pension Schöller'' is a 1930

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directed by

Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his eccen ...

Elga Brink Elisabeth Margarete Biermann (born Frey, formerly Brink; 2 April 1905 – 28 October 1985), known professionally as Elga Brink, was a German film actress. Brink rose to prominence in the early 1920s, when she starred in many silent films. Her las ...

and

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1890 play '' Pension Schöller'' by

Wilhelm Jacoby Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable ...

and

Carl Laufs Carl Laufs (1858-1900) was a German playwright who concentrated largely on creating farces, notably the 1890 work '' Pension Schöller'' which he co-authored with Wilhelm Jacoby Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated ...

. Georg Jacoby was Wilhem's son, and made three film adaptations of his father's best known play in 1930, 1952 and 1960. The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Heilbronner.

Plot

Landowner and bachelor Philipp Klapproth, who is funding his nephew Peter Klapproth's medical studies, receives a letter from him asking for 20,000 marks which he wants to invest into the acquisition of a mental asylum. In actuality, his nephew has completely different plans. Peter has an aversion to blood and has never studied medicine at all. Instead, he and his music-loving friend Tommy dedicate themselves to their band with heart and soul. Peter wants to invest the 20,000 marks into a bar with a rehearsal room. However, his uncle wants to take a look at the asylum before dishing out the money, and soon Peter finds himself face to face with him. Unable to give his uncle a tour of a genuine asylum, he follows Tommy's advice and takes him to the Pension Schöller, a local boarding house whose guests always include some slightly eccentric people.

Cast

as director Schöller *

as Friedel *

as Philipp Klapproth *

Josefine Dora Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in '' The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Selecte ...

as Ulrike * Truus Van Aalten as Grete *

Paul Heidemann Paul Heidemann (26 October 1884 – 20 June 1968) was a German actor, comedian, film director, film producer, and opera singer. As a performer, he excelled in various genres and was especially noted for his comedic skills He was born in Cologne ...

as Dr. Alfred Klapproth *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into a theatrical family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany, now Chełmża, Poland. His great-grandparents were actors a ...

as Ernst Kissling *

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 Frau Pfeiffer *

Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet. Life He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...

as Bernhardy *

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

as Gröber *

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

as Fräulein Krüger * Fritz Schulz as Jallings *

Trude Berliner Trude Berliner (28 February 1903 – 26 February 1977) was a German actress. She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Berliner was born Gertrude Berliner in Be ...

as Fiffi *

Carl Geppert Carl Geppert was a German actor. He was born on the 22nd of May 1883 in Austria-Hungary and died in Czechoslovakia on the 23rd of October 1937. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1919 to 1932. Selected filmography References Externa ...

as minister

References

External links

* German comedy films Films directed by Georg Jacoby German films based on plays Films of the Weimar Republic German black-and-white films 1930 comedy films 1930s German films 1930s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub