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The Virtuous Sinner
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Wikipedia article
'The Virtuous Sinner' (German: 'Der brave Snder') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Max Pallenberg, Heinz Rhmann and Dolly Haas.
Production
The film was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin, although its setting and many of its principal participants were Austrian.Prawer p.131 It is based on the play 'The Embezzlers' which was in turn based on a novel by the Soviet writer Valentin Kataev.Prawer p.131 Max Pallenberg was a successful stage comedian, but had previously rejected all offers to appear in films based on his theatre appearances. He was finally convinced by the producer Arnold Pressburger to try and film one of his stage successes.Prawer p.130 The film also offered Kortner a chance to fulfill his ambitions to become a director.Prawer p.131 The film's art director was Julius von Borsody.
Synopsis
Pichler and Wittek, two junior employees of a bank from a provincial Austrian town, travel to Vienna, where they become accidentally embroiled in their director's scheme to embezzle the bank's funds and flee with his mistress. They become desperate as they fear their disgrace. But events ultimately sort themselves out, the dishonest director is arrested, and Pichler is appointed to replace him while Wittek is able to marry Pichler's daughter Hedwig.
Cast
* Max Pallenberg as Leopold Pichler
* Heinz Rhmann as Wittek
* Dolly Haas as Hedwig, Pichler's daughter
* Josefine Dora as Ludmilla Pichler
* Fritz Grnbaum as Kalapka
* Peter Wolff as Karl, Pichler's son
* Julius Brandt as Geschftsfhrer
* Louis Ralph as Krull
* Ekkehard Arendt as Direktor Hrtl
* Rose Poindexter as Kiddy, dancer
References
Bibliography
* Prawer, S.S. 'Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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