Excursion into Life (1931)
Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.
Director: Rudolph Bernauer
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Felix Bressart as Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur |
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Charlotte Susa as Thea von Diemen, Romanschriftstellerin |
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Rolf von Goth as Lothar Bosse, Werkführer |
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Rosa Valetti as Frau Hollmann, seine Wirtin |
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Truus van Aalten as Alma Marfield, Bürofräulein |
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Albert Paulig as Schwanfelder, Großindustrieller |
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Karl Zeska as Direktor Krause |
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Annie Rosar as Frau Direktor Krause |
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Paula Brosig as Fräulein Krause |
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Walter Jurmann as Willi Osten - Schauspieler |
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Emil Guttmann as Konsul Wiedemann |
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Richard Waldemar as Harmonika-Ede |
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Alfred Neugebauer as Philipp, Oberkellner |
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Edi Weinzinger as Baron Torndorf |
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Rolf Döring as Conte Pannizzardi |
| Camera | Ewald Daub | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andrew Marton | Editor |
| Directing | Rudolph Bernauer | Director |
| Writing | Rudolph Bernauer | Writer |
| Writing | Rudolf Österreicher | Writer |
