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Excursion into Life

50% | Sep 30, 1931 | Comedy

Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.

Featured Crew

Ewald Daub
Director of Photography
Andrew Marton
Editor

Cast

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Felix Bressart
Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur
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Charlotte Susa
Thea von Diemen, Romanschriftstellerin
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Rolf von Goth
Lothar Bosse, Werkführer
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Rosa Valetti
Frau Hollmann, seine Wirtin
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Truus van Aalten
Alma Marfield, Bürofräulein

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