Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955)

Original title

Drei Tage Mittelarrest

Directed by

Georg Jacoby

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This comedy shows funny situations in the German Army in the early 1900s. Soldiers get into trouble and face a few days confined to barracks. The jokes come from army rules and the characters trying to dodge punishment.

lightheartedcomedicnostalgicbriskwhimsicalplayfulmildly absurdperiod flavor

What happens

Three Days Confined to Barracks (German: Drei Tage Mittelarrest) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser and Eva Probst. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It is a remake of the 1930 comedy film Three Days Confined to Barracks. Like its predecessor it is a comic portrayal of life in the German Army at the beginning of the century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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