Poor as a Church Mouse
{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Poor as a Church Mouse
| image = Poor as a Church Mouse.jpg
| caption =
| director = Richard Oswald
| producer = Emil Justitz
| writer = {{ubl|Ladislas Fodor (play)|Heinz Goldberg|Felix Salten}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Grete Mosheim|Anton Edthofer|Hans Thimig|Paul Hörbiger}}
| music = Ralph Benatzky
| editing =
| cinematography = Robert Lach
| studio = Richard-Oswald-Produktion
| distributor = Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
| released = {{film date|1931|11|5|df=y}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Poor as a Church Mouse ({{langx|de|Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus}}) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Grete Mosheim, Anton Edthofer and Hans Thimig.Kasten & Loacker p. 336 It was based on the 1928 play A templom egere by Ladislas Fodor, which has been turned into several films including the 1934 British comedy The Church Mouse. The film's art direction was overseen by Franz Schroedter. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.
Cast
- Grete Mosheim as Susi Sachs
- Anton Edthofer as Baron Thomas von Ullrich
- Hans Thimig as Frany, der Barons Sohn
- Paul Hörbiger as Count Friedrich Thalheim
- Fritz Grünbaum as Schünzl
- Paul Morgan as Quapil
- Charlotte Ander as Olly Frey, Sekretärin
- Trude Hesterberg
- Senta Söneland
- Rina Marsa
- Ernst Wurmser
- Arthur Mainzer
- Monsieur Thonny
- Gerd Oswald
Production and reception
In that production, "Oswald emphasized the importance of sustaining the source text while applying the laws of films" according to Christiane Schönfield.{{Cite book |last=Schönfeld |first=Christiane |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_History_of_German_Literature_on_Film/PTS_EAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=arm+wie+eine+kirchenmaus+oswald&pg=PA219&printsec=frontcover |title=The History of German Literature on Film |date=2023-06-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62892-374-2 |language=en}}
The film was noted for the scene in "which includes performances of the film's title song in which lengthy moving camera shots show multiple actors who sing in traversing large sets."{{Cite book |last=O’Brien |first=Charles |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Movies_Songs_and_Electric_Sound/NpWHDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=arm+wie+eine+kirchenmaus+oswald&pg=PA155&printsec=frontcover |title=Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound: Transatlantic Trends |date=2019-02-08 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-04042-8 |language=en}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | editor-last1 = Kasten | editor-first1 = Jürgen | editor-last2 = Loacker | editor-first2 = Armin | title = Richard Oswald: Kino zwischen Spektakel, Aufklärung und Unterhaltung | location = Vienna | publisher = Verlag Filmarchiv Austria | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-3-901932-68-7 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021619}}
{{Richard Oswald}}
Category:1931 musical comedy films
Category:German musical comedy films
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Richard Oswald
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German films based on plays
Category:Films about businesspeople
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Ralph Benatzky
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