The Beggar Student (1927)

Original title

Der Bettelstudent

Directed by

Luise Fleck, Jacob Fleck

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A charming adaptation of an operetta set in an old European city. A young man pretended to be a wealthy noble to win the heart of a countess.

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What happens

The Beggar Student (German: Der Bettelstudent) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Harry Liedtke, Ida Wüst and Agnes Esterhazy. It is an adaptation of Carl Millöcker's operetta The Beggar Student. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Botho Hoefer and Hans Minzloff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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