A Hoax

1936 film

Hans Fritz Köllner
Hanns Sassmann

Starring

Paul Hörbiger
Trude Marlen
Hans Moser

CinematographyBruno MondiEdited byWolfgang WehrumMusic byViktor Corzilius

Production
company

Algefa Film

Distributed byEuropa Film

Release date

4 September 1936 (1936-09-04)

CountryGermanyLanguageGerman

A Hoax (German: Schabernack) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, and Hans Moser.^[1] It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.^[2]

Synopsis

A hotel is financially struggling until the nearby lunatic asylum is forced to close following a fire and all the patients move into her premises. Confusion arises when a new hotel guest arrives only to be mistaken for a lunatic.

Main cast

Paul Hörbiger as Peter Burgstaller, Oberkellner
Trude Marlen as Eva Hügler, Inhaberin Hotel 'Kronprinz'
Hans Moser as Wandl, Hausknecht 'Hotel Kronprinz'
Heinz Salfner as Mr. Vanderbilt
Max Gülstorff as Julius Hügler sen., Präsident Hügler AG.
Hans Richter as Manz, Liftboy 'Hotel Kronprinz'
Karl Ludwig Schreiber [de] as Fred Bruckmann
Paul Henckels as Professor Marius, Besitzer Sanatorium 'Seelenruhe'
Erika von Schaper
Hans Rudolf Waldburg
Josef Reithofer
Egon Brosig [de; es]

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 327.
^ Klaus p.177

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.