Plastic surgeon Professor Mangold sends assistant Fred to pick up a patient at the train station. Fred brings the wrong woman, losing his job and his fiancee in the chaotic aftermath while the professor and his wife separate.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you're into dusty 1930s European comedies or just want to see how these old slapstick premises actually hold up. If you hate movies where everything goes wrong because of one person's inability to read a name tag, stay far away. It’s a bit of a relic, but it's got a certain char...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you're into dusty 1930s European comedies or just want to see how these old slapstick premises actually hold up. If you hate movies where everything goes wrong because of one person's inability to read a name tag, stay far away. It’s a bit of a relic, but it's got a certain charm if you're in the right mood. The whole thing kicks off with Professor Mangold—played by the booming Leo Slezak—sending poor Fred to grab a patient. Naturally, Fred grabs the wro..."
Ida Jenbach, Rudolf Österreicher, Rudolph Bertram, Julius Horst
Austria
