The small town poet

Movie
Original title	The small town poet
Country of production	German Empire
original language	German
Publishing year	1940
length	96 minutes
Rod
Director	Josef von Báky
script	HW Becker Utz Utermann
production	Eberhard Schmidt for UFA (Berlin)
music	Georg Haentzschel Friedrich Schröder
camera	Franz Weihmayr
cut	Anna Höllering
occupation
Charlotte Harbecker : Mrs. Stubenrauch Hans Meyer-Hanno : Sergeant Paul Kemp : City Secretary Paul Schleemüller Friedrich Honna : Saddler Wilfried Seyferth : Hairdresser Emil Kurz Hilde Hildebrand : Lona Elvira Walter Doerry : Pedell Hilde Schneider : Lotte Ziemke Edith Oss : Lisette Siebenlist Hans Brausewetter : Lark Georg Alexander : Assessor of Bornefeld Hans Leibelt : District Administrator Franz Weber : Mayor Karl Etlinger : Medical Council Ludwig Linkmann : Klemke Georg Thomalla : Siegfried Hans Junkermann : Privy Councilor Parisius Carl Iban : Gustav Maria Loja : Mother Siebenlist In other, unspecified roles: Erwin Biegel Egon Brosig Gerhard Dammann Aribert Grimmer Otto Krone Walter Lieck Hermann Mayer-Falkow Hadrian Maria Netto Heinz Ohlsen Ewald Wenck

The small town poet is a German comedy film by the Hungarian director Josef von Báky from 1940. The literary film adaptation is based on the novel Misunderstood acquaintances by the writer Utz Utermann . In the lead role , Paul Kemp embodies the honest city secretary Paul Schleemüller.

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Paul Schleemüller is city secretary of Schönbach with heart and soul. His wish is one day to become the mayor of “his” municipality. He also has a weakness for poetry. He has never shared this passion with anyone, however, as he is of the opinion that it is not proper for a city servant to write poetry.

One day Schleemüller drinks a little more alcohol than he can stand and tells his friend, the hairdresser Emil, his passion for poetry. He asks Emil to publish the poems under his name so that Paul does not come into the public eye. Emil agrees.

The poems become a box office hit . Logically Emil is now in the public eye and everyone wants to be hairdos by such a talented poet. That goes well until Emil also publishes the poems of his friend Paul, which do not make the city of Schönberg appear in a very good light. The previous customers are turning away and as a result, his salon threatens to slide into bankruptcy because nobody wants to have their hair cut there.

The plot takes a turn when the news arrives that a university wants to present the hairdresser Emil a prize worth 10,000 marks for “his” poetic works . At this point Paul is wondering whether it would not be appropriate to introduce himself to the public as the actual author of the works.

Production notes

The location was Sacrow (near Potsdam ). Filming began on May 27, 1940 and ended in July of that year. Viktor von Schrift was the still photographer . Willy Schiller was responsible for the film construction together with Franz F. Fürst . The lyrics are from the pen of Werner Kleine .

Release dates and different film titles

The small town poet premiered on December 20, 1940 in Berlin . In Denmark the film was shown in cinemas under the title Røre i Andedammen .

Reviews

The lexicon of international films certifies the film "... to be a satirical comedy that endeavors to provide a realistic depiction of the German small-town milieu during the imperial era."

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• The Kleinstadtpoet in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The small town poet. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved August 29, 2015 . 
2. ↑ The small town poet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .