Traumulus

This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled about all things, while the other town officials want him dismissed. Curiously it's very hard to see what the film is exactly aiming for. Disaster strikes and the lax prof proves to be too far removed of the real problems of the world, on the other hand his enemies are shown in the most unsympathetic, satirical way denouncing the militaristic, bourgeois ideology of the Kaiserreich.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1936

Director:

Carl Froelich

Cast:

Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

Jadwiga, seine Frau

Rechtsanwalt Falk

Lydia Link

Niemeyers Sohn

Crew:

Director

Writer

Writer