Ein ausgekochter Junge

Ignaz Fischbein (Sig Arno), a hyperactive and clumsy servant at a fashion house, is sent to pick up his boss's new suit from the tailor. At the fairground, he bumps into the charming Mizzi (Olly Gebauer). The two can't stand each other—until they are brought onto the stage together by the hypnotist Brahmaputra and made to believe that they are newlyweds. Fischbein promptly takes his newlywed wife Mizzi on their honeymoon. The young couple ends up in a vacation guesthouse full of curious characters, including an old maid eager to get married and a Russian anarchist who considers Fischbein to be the class enemy. When Fischbein's boss arrives with his mistress and Mizzi's real fiancé, the chaos is complete. With its slapstick elements, witty dialogue, and exaggerated characters, this classic comedy of mistaken identity was primarily intended as light entertainment, typical of comedies from the Weimar Republic. Bizarre characters, misunderstandings, rapid scene changes, and comical escalations make Erich Schönfelder's film a charming piece of film history from the early days of sound film. The Jewish comedian Siegfried ‘Sig’ Arno (actually Siegfried Aron) had to leave Germany shortly after filming in 1933 due to persecution by the Nazis. After working in theaters and cabarets in southern Europe for several years, he emigrated to the USA in the late 1930s and from then on could be admired in numerous Hollywood films. “An exuberant and entertaining comedy with grotesque elements.” (Lexikon des Internationalen Films)