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The Poor Millionaire

1939 · 89 min

A gentle, folksy comedy about a cobbler whose sudden windfall goes to his head, played for warm laughs and mild moral lessons.

Directed by
Joe Stöckel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Weiß-Ferdl, Ursula Grabley, Kurt Vespermann
Overview
A shoemaker has delusions of grandeur when he inherits from a baron whose life he saved.He prevents his daughter from seeing a mere carpenter, abandons humble old friends, and shows poor judgment by falling for a couple of poseurs.

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Directed by
Joe Stöckel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Weiß-Ferdl, Ursula Grabley, Kurt Vespermann
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • identity
  • greed
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Joe Stöckel
Written by
Joe Stöckel, Joseph Dalman
Starring
Weiß-Ferdl, Ursula Grabley, Kurt Vespermann, Beppo Brem, Trude Haefelin, Willy Rösner, Georg Alexander, Fritz Odemar
Runtime
89 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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