Kleider machen Leute

The story

Early film adaptation of Gottfried Keller's well-known novella as a silent film. The plot revolves around a journeyman tailor who is thrown out by his master and, without his intervention, is forced into a lying role in which he takes on the role of a wealthy person.

Cast & crew

Hermann ThimigJaro Sprapinsky

Dora Kaiser

Dora KaiserNettchen

Hugo Thimigder Wirt zur goldenen Waage

Hans MoserNotar

Wilhelm Schmidt

Wilhelm SchmidtMelchior Böhnli

Hans ThimigNarr

Thea Oesey

Thea OeseyErika

Franz Kammauf

Franz KammaufAmtmann

Cornelius Kirschner

Cornelius KirschnerPfarrer

Eugen Guenther

Eugen GuentherApotheker

Fritz StrassnyProfessor

Victor KutscheraBettler