Poor as a Church Mouse

Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)

Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus

Comedy about an ambitious woman who starts working at a bank.

Date of release
1931-11-05
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Richard Oswald

Casting

Interesting facts

Poor as a Church Mouse is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Grete Mosheim, Anton Edthofer and Hans Thimig. It was based on the 1928 play A templom egere by Ladislas Fodor, which has been turned into several films including the 1934 British comedy The Church Mouse. The film's art direction was overseen by Franz Schroedter. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.

Production and reception

In that production, "Oswald emphasized the importance of sustaining the source text while applying the laws of films" according to Christiane Schönfield.

The film was noted for the scene in "which includes performances of the film's title song in which lengthy moving camera shots show multiple actors who sing in traversing large sets."

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