Wibbel the Tailor (1939)
During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.
- Released
- 1939-08-17
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Viktor de Kowa
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Erich Ponto as Schneider Anton Wibbel
- Fita Benkhoff as Fin, seine Frau
- Irene von Meyendorff as Klementine
- Friedrich Benfer as André
- Günther Lüders as Schneidergeselle Peter Zimpel
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Knillich
- Lotte Rausch as Mariechen
- S.O. Schoening as Picard
- Theo Lucas as Mölfes
- Ludwig Schmitz as Drögendiek
- Albert Florath as Totengräber
- Eva Tinschmann as Frau Heubes