Overview
Early film adaptation of Gottfried Keller's well-known novella as a silent film. The plot revolves around a journeyman tailor who is thrown out by his master and, without his intervention, is forced into a lying role in which he takes on the role of a wealthy person.
Cast
- Hermann Thimig as Jaro Sprapinsky
- Dora Kaiser as Nettchen
- Hugo Thimig as der Wirt zur goldenen Waage
- Hans Moser as Notar
- Wilhelm Schmidt as Melchior Böhnli
- Hans Thimig as Narr
- Thea Oesey as Erika
- Franz Kammauf as Amtmann
- Cornelius Kirschner as Pfarrer
- Eugen Guenther as Apotheker