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Small Town Poet (1940)

Small Town Poet poster
Original title
Der Kleinstadtpoet
Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small town poet gets into a series of comical situations. The film follows his misadventures and the reactions of the people around him.

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What happens

Small Town Poet (German: Der Kleinstadtpoet) is a 1940 German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Paul Kemp, Hilde Schneider, Edith Oß and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz F. Fürst and Willy Schiller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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