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Small Town Poet

8.019401h 36mMovieComedy

Paul Schleemueller is the town clerk of Schonbach, but secretly, he is counting on becoming the municipality's mayor one day. However, Paul's real passion is poetry, which he has never admitted to anyone, because he thinks it is unworthy of a municipal dignitary to write poems.

DirectorJosef von Báky
WritersH.W. Becker·Utz Utermann
ProducerEberhard Schmidt

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Cast · Directed by Josef von Báky

PKPaul Kemp
Paul Kemp
Paul Schleemüller, Stadtsekretär
GAGeorg Alexander
Georg Alexander
Assessor von Bornefeld, Pauls Vorgesetzter
HHHilde Hildebrand
Hilde Hildebrand
Lona Elvira
HBHans Brausewetter
Hans Brausewetter
Lerche, Redakteur des Schönbacher Tagblatts
HLHans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt
Von Lindau, Landrat
GTGeorg Thomalla
Georg Thomalla
Siegfried, Angestellter bei Emil
HM
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Der Chauffeur Lona Elviras
HSHilde Schneider
Hilde Schneider
Lotte Ziemer
EO
Edith Oss
Lisette Siebenlist
WSWilfried Seyferth
Wilfried Seyferth
Emil Kurz, Friseur
HJHans Junkermann
Hans Junkermann
Geheimrat Parisius
CFClaude Farell
Claude Farell
Zenzi

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