Trouble Backstairs (1935)

Original title

Krach im Hinterhaus

Directed by

Veit Harlan

Genre

comedy film

Country

Nazi Germany, Germany

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A romantic comedy about tenants in a Berlin apartment building whose lives get tangled up in amusing misunderstandings. The story follows the residents as they deal with playful conflicts and budding romance.

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What happens

Trouble Backstairs (German: Krach im Hinterhaus) is a 1935 German romantic comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Henny Porten, Else Elster and Rotraut Richter. It marked the directoral debut of Harlan, who had previously worked as an actor, and quickly developed as a leading director of Nazi Germany. It was based on a play by Maximilian Böttcher, and was remade in 1949. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Lutz and Hermann Warm (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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