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A Devil of a Fellow

1935 · 80 min

A light, gentle old-fashioned comedy of mistaken identity at a costume party, pleasant and undemanding.

Overview
An Austrian officer traveling to London to meet his newly married sister at a fancy costume party cannot find her but finds another woman instead.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • love
    • family
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Georg Jacoby
    Starring
    Gustav Fröhlich, Lída Baarová, Adele Sandrock, Lizzi Holzschuh, Fritz Odemar, Georg Alexander, Rudolf Carl, Otto Schmöle
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    Austria
    Languages
    German

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