Kleider machen Leute

Overview

Early film adaptation of Gottfried Keller's well-known novella as a silent film. The plot revolves around a journeyman tailor who is thrown out by his master and, without his intervention, is forced into a lying role in which he takes on the role of a wealthy person.

Cast

Hermann Thimig

Jaro Sprapinsky

N/A

Dora Kaiser

Nettchen

Hugo Thimig

der Wirt zur goldenen Waage

Hans Moser

Notar

N/A

Wilhelm Schmidt

Melchior Böhnli

Hans Thimig

Narr

N/A

Thea Oesey

Erika

N/A

Franz Kammauf

Amtmann

N/A

Cornelius Kirschner

Pfarrer

N/A

Eugen Guenther

Apotheker

Fritz Strassny

Professor

Victor Kutschera

Bettler