To take a revenge on countess Laura, who slapped him at his proposal, the Governor of the occupied Poland gets her fall in love with a poor student, and exposes him during wedding banquet..
Is it worth the watch? Honestly, you probably already know if you’re the type to sit through Der Bettelstudent. If you get a kick out of old-school European operetta adaptations where everyone is constantly putting on airs, you’ll have a grand time. If you prefer your cinema to have, you know, actual stakes or a pulse,...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby
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"Is it worth the watch? Honestly, you probably already know if you’re the type to sit through Der Bettelstudent. If you get a kick out of old-school European operetta adaptations where everyone is constantly putting on airs, you’ll have a grand time. If you prefer your cinema to have, you know, actual stakes or a pulse, you’ll likely find yourself checking your watch by the thirty-minute mark. It’s the kind of movie that feels like it was filmed in a theater even when it's outside. Everything is..."
Walter Wassermann, Lotte Neumann
Germany
