A feature-length jewish joke: The heavily indebted Sami Bambus fakes his death, so that his debts are taken over by the greedy heirs, led by the scrounger Prellstein. The putative heir also brings speculators to the scene, and the general confusion can ultimately only be reconciled by the summoned uncle Salomon and by Samis' return from the dead.
Acting
S.Z. Sakall's theatrical mugging before Hollywood softened him.
Direction
Steinhoff crams stage energy into frantic Weimar cinema.
Director
Hans Steinhoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Ostjude' comedy cycle—films by assimilated Jews poking fun at eastern European relatives, now complicated by what came after.
S.Z. Sakall fled to Hollywood in 1939 and became 'Cuddles'—the waiter in CASABLANCA. This is his un-cuddled origin story.
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