Clothes Make the Man (1940)

Original title

Kleider machen Leute

Directed by

Helmut Käutner, Paul Verhoeven

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor tailor is mistaken for a wealthy count when he arrives in a small town. He goes along with the misunderstanding which leads to romantic and social complications.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulupbeatcharmingamusinggentlenostalgic

What happens

Clothes Make the Man (German: Kleider machen Leute) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella Kleider machen Leute, published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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