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During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.Read moreLess
During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.
The story
During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.
Cast & crew
Erich PontoSchneider Anton Wibbel
Fita BenkhoffFin, seine Frau
Irene von MeyendorffKlementine
Friedrich BenferAndré
Günther LüdersSchneidergeselle Peter Zimpel
Hubert von MeyerinckKnillich
Lotte RauschMariechen
Ludwig SchmitzDrögendiek
Albert FlorathTotengräberExplore the crew
- Director
- Viktor de Kowa