Robert and Bertram (1939)

Original title

Robert und Bertram

Directed by

Hans Heinz Zerlett

Genre

comedy film, musical film, propaganda film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

6

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two wandering vagrants get into comedic situations in 1839. This musical comedy features songs and a wealthy Jewish antagonist.

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What happens

Robert and Bertram (German: Robert und Bertram) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert, and Carla Rust. It premiered in Hamburg on 7 July 1939. It was based on the 1856 play Robert and Bertram by Gustav Räder about two wandering vagrants which had been adapted into several film versions including a Polish film of the same title the previous year. It was set in 1839. It was made by Tobis Film at the company's Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Erich Zander. It was the only antisemitic musical comedy released during the Nazi era and the first film since Kristallnacht to focus on Jews as cultural and economic outsiders. Ironically, the film's antagonist, the Jew Nathan Ipelmeyer, is not a cultural and economic outsider, but a wealthy burgher of the city. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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