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Traumulus

1936 · 1h 35m · Drama

This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled about all things, while the other town officials want him dismissed. Curiously it's very hard to see what the film is exactly aiming for. Disaster strikes and the lax prof proves to be too far removed of the real problems of the world, on the other hand his enemies are shown in the most unsympathetic, satirical way denouncing the militaristic, bourgeois ideology of the Kaiserreich.

Cast

• Emil Jannings as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
• Hilde Weissner as Jadwiga, seine Frau
• Hans Brausewetter as Rechtsanwalt Falk
• Hilde von Stolz as Lydia Link
• Harald Paulsen as Niemeyers Sohn
• Hans Richter as Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke
• Hildegard Barko as Olga, Dienstmädchen bei Niemeyer
• Paul W. Krüger as Pedell Schimke
• Hannes Stelzer as Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast
• Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Hans Klausing, Gymnasiast
• Rolf Müller as Emmerich Frommelt, Gymnasiast
• Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe as Erwin Putzke

Details

Director

Carl Froelich

Released

January 23, 1936

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.5 / 10 from 6 votes