Traumulus (1936)
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.
Cast & Crew
Emil Jannings
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Hilde Weissner
Jadwiga, seine Frau
Hans Brausewetter
Rechtsanwalt Falk
Hilde von Stolz
Lydia Link
Harald Paulsen
Niemeyers Sohn
Hans Richter
Primaner Franz Graf von Mettke
Hannes Stelzer
Kurt von Zedtlitz, Gymnasiast
Herbert HĂŒbner
Landrat von Kannewurf
Ernst Waldow
Assessor Mollwein
Bruno Fritz
ObersekretÀr Tamaschke
Walter Steinbeck
Major KleinstĂŒber
Walter Werner
SanitÀtsrat Brunner
Karl Etlinger
Fabrikant Meier
Harry Frank
Oberlehrer Schwenk
Ernst Legal
Schladebach, BĂ€ckermeister
Rolf Moebius
Bit part
Carl Froelich
Director
Robert A. Stemmle, Arno Holz
Writer
