Traumulus (1936)
This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled about all things, while the other town officials want him dismissed. Curiously it's very hard to see what the film is exactly aiming for. Disaster strikes and the lax prof proves to be too far removed of the real problems of the world, on the other hand his enemies are shown in the most unsympathetic, satirical way denouncing the militaristic, bourgeois ideology of the Kaiserreich.
Director: Carl Froelich
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Emil Jannings as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus |
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Hilde Weissner as Jadwiga, seine Frau |
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Hans Brausewetter as Rechtsanwalt Falk |
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Hilde von Stolz as Lydia Link |
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Harald Paulsen as Niemeyers Sohn |
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Hans Richter as Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke |
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Hildegard Barko as Olga, Dienstmädchen bei Niemeyer |
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Paul W. Krüger as Pedell Schimke |
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Hannes Stelzer as Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast |
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Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Hans Klausing, Gymnasiast |
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Rolf Müller as Emmerich Frommelt, Gymnasiast |
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Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe as Erwin Putzke |
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Herbert Hübner as Landrat von Kannewurf |
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Ernst Waldow as Assessor Mollwein |
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Otto Stoeckel as Polizeiinspektor Hoppe |
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Bruno Fritz as Obersekretär Tamaschke |
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Hugo Froelich as Schutzmann Patzkowski |
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Gaston Briese as Schutzmann Bellert |
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Max Rosen as Schutzmann Krebs |
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Walter Steinbeck as Major Kleinstüber |
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Walter Werner as Sanitätsrat Brunner |
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Karl Etlinger as Fabrikant Meier |
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Harry Frank as Oberlehrer Schwenk |
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Ernst Legal as Schladebach, Bäckermeister |
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Else Ehser as Frl. Wetterhahn - Schneiderin |
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Rolf Moebius as Bit part |
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Achim Schmidt as Bit part |
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Werner Vogt as Mann |
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Peer Baedecker as Mann |
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Peter Jäger as Mann |
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Hermann Braun as Mann |
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Eberhard Schott as Mann |
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Walter Bienenstein as Mann |
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Rudolf Klicks as Mann |
| Directing | Carl Froelich | Director |
| Writing | Arno Holz | Writer |
| Writing | Robert A. Stemmle | Writer |