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Herkules Maier is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Claire Rommer and Ida Perry. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arthur Schwarz and Julius von Borsody. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
Synopsis
A travelling salesman and his wife are expecting their first baby. He tries various schemes to raise money to support them both.
Cast
Reinhold Schünzel as Stadtreisender Herkules Maier
Claire Rommer as Maria, seine Frau
Ida Perry as Schwiegermutter
Sophie Pagay
Ellen Plessow
Ernst Behmer
Julius E. Herrmann
Albert Paulig
Ferry Sikla
Eugen Burg
Max Ehrlich
Lydia Potechina
Gertl Grossmann
Carl Geppert
Rosa Valetti as Wirtin
Ludwig Stössel
Carla Bartheel
Hugo Werner-Kahle
Sig Arno
Maria Kamradek
Paul Westermeier
Lydia Newerowskaja
Arthur Schwarz
References
Bibliography
Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-565-9.
External links
Herkules Maier at IMDb