In order to impress a socially superior woman with money, an unsuccessful insurance agent commits sophisticated fraud: he concludes contracts with fictitious people and collects the insurance sums after their "death". However, his first fictional persona is his downfall.
Curd Jürgens
Director
Siegfried Breuer
Peter Lissen - Versicherungsagent
Judith Holzmeister
Evelyn Biaggi
Werner Krauss
Dr. Schmidt
Curd Jürgens
Gunarson, Operntenor
Josef Meinrad
Matrose
Gusti Wolf
Iván Petrovich
Edith Mill
Kellnerin
Hermann Thimig
Hafensinspektor Muschel
Mimi Stelzer
Frau Muschel
Felix Steinboeck
Kako, Klavierspieler
We, the Jane Austen aficionados, are suckers for everything and anything under the sun that’s remotely related to her and her world. That’s because we are so drawn to her unique style of fiction, romance, and social commentary, we take any allusion to her influence as a hint to what to expect when we start watching a movie or reading a book.
Ultimately, Wicked is a story about the cost of being othered, the pain of being misnamed, and the quiet revolution of standing in your truth.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.