Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Marriage Swindler (1938)

The Marriage Swindler poster
Original title
Heiratsschwindler
Directed by
Herbert Selpin
Genre
drama film
Country
German Reich, Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tricks women into marriage for their money. The story follows his schemes and the impact on those he deceives.

melancholictensesomberemotionalsuspensefuldramaticstraightforward

What happens

The Marriage Swindler (German: Heiratsschwindler) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Viktoria von Ballasko and Kurt Waitzmann. It is sometimes known by the alternative title Die rote Mütze (The Red Cap). The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Knaake and Karl Vollbrecht. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?