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Gordian the Tyrant (1937)

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Original title
Gordian, der Tyrann
Directed by
Fred Sauer
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small-town man gets mistaken for a powerful tyrant. He must navigate the chaos that follows.

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What happens

Gordian the Tyrant (German: Gordian, der Tyrann) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Weiß Ferdl, Paul Richter and Michael von Newlinsky. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. Location shooting took place around Wasserburg in Bavaria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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