Clothes Make the Man (1940 film)

Clothes Make the Man () is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella Kleider machen Leute, published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.

Cast

Release

The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles.

Reception

Thomas Kramer of the Reclams Lexikon of the German Films

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Films of Nazi Germany

Films directed by Helmut Käutner

Films based on Swiss novels

Films based on works by Gottfried Keller

Films set in the 1830s

Films about con artists

1940s historical comedy films

German historical comedy films

Films shot at Barrandov Studios

Films shot at Babelsberg Studios

Films shot at Tempelhof Studios

Terra Film films

German black-and-white films

1940s German-language films

1940s German films