Clothes Make the Man (German: Kleider machen Leute) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak.[1] The film is based on the Novella Kleider machen Leute, published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.
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German | Kleider machen Leute |
Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
Written by | Helmut Käutner |
Based on | Clothes Make the Man by Gottfried Keller |
Produced by | Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken |
Starring | Heinz Rühmann Hertha Feiler Hilde Sessak |
Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
Edited by | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
Production company | Terra Film |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles.
Thomas Kramer of the Reclams Lexikon of the German Films
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