You don't need any money
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | You don't need any money |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carl Boese |
| script |
Károly Nóti , Hans Wilhelm |
| production | Arnold Pressburger |
| music | Artur Guttmann |
| camera |
Willy Goldberger , Karl Sander |
| cut | P. Pollatschik |
| occupation | |
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You Don't Need Money is a German feature film from 1931 .
action
Germany in 1931, at the time of the Great Depression. Like many other institutes, the bank in the town of Groditzkirchen is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the entrepreneur Brandt also gets into a crisis due to speculation, he places his hopes in a supposedly rich uncle from America who has announced his arrival. When it turns out that this uncle, Thomas Hoffmann, is completely impoverished, the simple bank employee Heinz Schmidt coerces him into playing the millionaire. Schmidt stages an oil boom, which is supposed to bring prosperity to the city. When the fraud is exposed, Schmidt is able to convince the dignitaries of the city that it is best for everyone to continue treating Hoffmann as a millionaire and inaugurating the statue dedicated to him as planned. (Hoffmann's comment on this: “I was always a decent person, and yet I should get a memorial now.”) For Schmidt, the dizziness primarily serves to conquer the pretty Käthe Brandt. An advance engagement is followed by the actual marriage and, in the end, the rapprochement between the two.
background
The film premiered on December 24, 1931 in two cinemas in Vienna . It was shown for the first time in Germany on February 5, 1932. A remake - also with Hans Moser in the role of the allegedly rich uncle - appeared in 1953 under the title Der Unkel aus Amerika .
Reviews
“Typical German comedy from the time of the economic depression of the Weimar Republic, which, in addition to optimistic and unrealistic moves, also contains some ironic allusions. Technically poor and despite the star cast of rather dull comedy. "
Web links
- It takes no money in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- You don't need any money at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ You don't need money. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .