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Pension Schöller (1930)

Pension Schöller poster
Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genre
comedy film
Country
Weimar Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about a boarding house full of eccentrics. The guests cause a series of misunderstandings and mishaps.

lightheartedplayfulbriskwittysillynostalgictheatrical

What happens

Pension Schöller is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Paul Henckels, Elga Brink and Jakob Tiedtke. It is an adaptation of the 1890 play Pension Schöller by Wilhelm Jacoby and Carl Laufs. Georg Jacoby was Wilhem's son, and made three film adaptations of his father's best known play in 1930, 1952 and 1960. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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