The Reluctant Maharaja
1950 film
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The Reluctant Maharaja (German: Maharadscha wider Willen) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Olga Tschechowa, Kurt Seifert and Sonja Ziemann.[1] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.[2]
Directed byÁkos Ráthonyi
Written byArtur Brauner
Kurt Bortfeldt
Kurt Bortfeldt
Produced byArtur Brauner
StarringOlga Tschechowa
Kurt Seifert
Sonja Ziemann
Kurt Seifert
Sonja Ziemann
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| Directed by | Ákos Ráthonyi |
| Written by | Artur Brauner Kurt Bortfeldt |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
| Starring | Olga Tschechowa Kurt Seifert Sonja Ziemann |
| Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| Edited by | Johanna Meisel |
| Music by | Friedrich Schröder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Lloyd Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
When a barber develops a miracle hair tonic his quest to secure funding at a luxury hotel leads to him being mistaken for wealthy Indian maharaja. Thrust into a world of high society, he frantically trying tp maintain his extravagant disguise while trying to market his hair-growth formula.
Cast
- Olga Tschechowa as Susanne de Bogne - Journalistin
- Kurt Seifert as Karl Brummer - Fabrikant
- Sonja Ziemann as Brigitte Brummer - seine Tochter
- Rudolf Prack as Jonny Williams - Sekretär des Maharadschas
- Iván Petrovich as Der Maharadscha von Hatschipur
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Knirps - Generalsekretärs des Wunderfriseurs
- Rudolf Platte as Breugel - Bürgermeister von Zet
- Georg Thomalla as Attentäter
- Walter Gross as Verkäufer
- Bruno Fritz as Arthur - Tankwart
- Rita Paul as Elvira - Sängerin
- Hans Schwarz Jr. as Schmied
- Henry Lorenzen as Fakir von Azra
- Charlotte Ander as Verkäuferin
- Rudi Schuricke as Wunderfriseur
