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Traumulus
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Robert A. Stemmle, Arno Holz
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Runtime:95 minutes
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Cast
Carl Froelich
Director
Emil Jannings
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Hilde Weissner
Jadwiga, seine Frau
Hans Brausewetter
Rechtsanwalt Falk
Hilde von Stolz
Lydia Link
Harald Paulsen
Niemeyers Sohn
Hans Richter
Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke
Hildegard Barko
Olga, Dienstmädchen bei Niemeyer
Paul W. Krüger
Pedell Schimke
Hannes Stelzer
Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast
Hans Joachim Schaufuß
Hans Klausing, Gymnasiast
Rolf Müller
Emmerich Frommelt, Gymnasiast
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