A Hoax
{{short description|1936 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Hoax
| image = File:A Hoax (1936 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = E. W. Emo
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Hans Fritz Köllner|Hanns Sassmann}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Paul Hörbiger|Trude Marlen|Hans Moser}}
| music = Viktor Corzilius
| cinematography = Bruno Mondi
| editing = Wolfgang Wehrum
| studio = Algefa Film
| distributor = Europa Film
| released = {{film date|1936|9|4|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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A Hoax ({{langx|de|Schabernack}}) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, and Hans Moser.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=327}} It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.Klaus p.177
Synopsis
A hotel is financially struggling until the nearby lunatic asylum is forced to close following a fire and all the patients are relocated to the hotel. Confusion arises when a newly arrived hotel guest is mistaken for a lunatic.
Main cast
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- 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'
- {{ill|Karl Ludwig Schreiber|de}} as Fred Bruckmann
- Paul Henckels as Professor Marius, Besitzer Sanatorium 'Seelenruhe'
- Erika von Schaper
- Hans Rudolf Waldburg
- Josef Reithofer
- {{ill|Egon Brosig|de||es}}
}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0028222}}
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Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by E. W. Emo
Category:German black-and-white films
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