Kleider machen Leute (1921)
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.
- Date of release
- 1921-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Hans Steinhoff
Casting
- Hermann Thimig — Jaro Sprapinsky
- Dora Kaiser — Nettchen
- Hugo Thimig — der Wirt zur goldenen Waage
- Hans Moser — Notar
- Wilhelm Schmidt — Melchior Böhnli
- Hans Thimig — Narr
- Thea Oesey — Erika
- Franz Kammauf — Amtmann
- Cornelius Kirschner — Pfarrer
- Eugen Guenther — Apotheker
- Fritz Strassny — Professor
- Victor Kutschera — Bettler
Interesting facts
Clothes Make the Man is a 1921 Austrian-German silent film based on the 1874 novella by Gottfried Keller, directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Hermann Thimig, Dora Kaiser and Hugo Thimig.
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