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The Case of Rosentopf (1918)

The Case of Rosentopf poster
Original title
Der Fall Rosentopf
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
40 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy from 1918 directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It follows a humorous mix-up or misunderstanding involving a man named Rosentopf and the people around him.

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What happens

The Rosentopf Case (German: Der Fall Rosentopf) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg and Margarete Kupfer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni and Kurt Richter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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