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Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930)

Three Days Confined to Barracks poster
Original title
Drei Tage Mittelarrest
Directed by
Carl Boese
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a German comedy from 1930. The story is a farce set in a military barracks. It focuses on the antics and misunderstandings that happen when soldiers are confined.

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What happens

Three Days Confined to Barracks (German: Drei Tage Mittelarrest) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst, and Gretl Theimer. The film is a farce set around a military barracks. It was a major hit on its release. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was later remade in 1955 under the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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