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The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)
80 min | Comedy

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The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)

80 min | Comedy

In the style of Gogol's Inspector General: When a traveling salesman arrives in the car of a government official, the powers that be of a small town think he's the auditor and try to throw him off the track about their disorderly finances.

Director

Gustaf Gründgens

Writers

Curt Alexander | Nikolay Gogol (play "Revisor") (as Gogol)

Composer

Mischa Spoliansky

Cinematographer

Franz Planer

Editors

Friedel Buckow | Viktor Gertler | Putty Krafft

Production Designers

Rochus Gliese | Gabriel Pellon

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Updated Jan 21, 1933

Release date

Jan 28, 1934 (United States)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Jenny Jugo Trude Trude See fewer	Nanette (1940)
Hermann Thimig Heinz Heinz See fewer	Victor and Victoria (1933)
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Berthe Ostyn Blondes Gift Blondes Gift See fewer	Die Csikosbaroneß (1930)
Lotte Stein Frau Cruse Frau Cruse See fewer	All I Desire (1953)
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Lotte Loebinger Lehrerin (as Lotte Löbinger) Lehrerin (as Lotte Löbinger) See fewer	Heart of Stone (1950)
Renate Bergk Renate Renate See fewer	The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)
Maya Brahns Tochter Tochter See fewer	The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)
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Aribert Wäscher Actor Actor See fewer	Madame Bovary (1937)
Paul Henckels Herr Berger Herr Berger See fewer	Schneider Wibbel (1931)
Herbert Paulmüller Amtsdiener Bieber Amtsdiener Bieber See fewer	The Grand Duke's Finances (1934)
Willi Schur Paul Paul See fewer	A Certain Mr. Gran (1933)
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