Knall and Fall as Imposters

Knall and Fall as Imposters
Knall and Fall as Imposters
	German film poster
German	Knall und Fall als Hochstapler
Directed by	Ulrich Bettac; Hubert Marischka
Written by	Walter Forster; Jo Hanns Rösler
Produced by	Alfred Stöger
Starring	Hans Richter; Rudolf Carl; Curd Jürgens;
Cinematography	Walter Tuch
Edited by	Hermine Diethelm
Music by	Hans Lang
Production; companies	Arena-Film; Wiener Mundus-Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	21 November 1952;
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	Austria; West Germany
Language	German

Knall and Fall as Imposters (German: Knall und Fall als Hochstapler) is a 1952 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Ulrich Bettac and Hubert Marischka and starring Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl and Curd Jürgens.^[1] It was followed by a 1953 sequel Knall and Fall as Detectives.

It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Plot[edit]

Two rural men are picked at random for parts in a film production in which they are to play a millionaire and his chauffeur. After an accident while shooting a scene, the car they are in runs out of control and ends up crashing into a sanatorium. The director, believing that a real millionaire has arrived at the financially struggling establishment, puts them up. They are forced for a while to live as imposters until matters are eventually resolved.

Cast[edit]

Hans Richter as Knall
Rudolf Carl as Fall
Curd Jürgens as John Vandergold
Friedl Czepa as Direktorium des Sanatoriums
Waltraut Haas as Bettina Brandtner
Ilka Windish as Irene Dahlen
Ulrich Bettac as Regisseur
Viktor Braun
Heinz Conrads as Scheich
Peter Gerhard
Fritz Imhoff as Portier
Franz Marischka as Aufnahmeleiter
Hans Olden as Bankvorsteher
Peter W. Staub as Studienrat Hegetschweiler
Hermann Laforet as Produzent
Ady Berber as Bademeister
Johannes Roth as Sambu, Diener

References[edit]

^ von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-4766-2147-0.

External links[edit]

Knall and Fall as Imposters at IMDb

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[1] von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-4766-2147-0.

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