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Rag Ball (1930)

Rag Ball poster
Original title
Lumpenball
Directed by
Carl Heinz Wolff
Genre
comedy film
Country
Weimar Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a German comedy from 1930. It follows a group of people who attend a costume ball where everyone dresses in rags and tatters.

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What happens

Rag Ball (German: Lumpenball) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Harry Frank, Irene Ambrus, and Kurt Lilien. The title refers to a costume ball in which the guests turn up in tatters and rags. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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