A vehicle for the actor S Z Sakall, later popular in Hollywood, about a small town store owner whose sons abandon him for the big city, until financial problems there lead him to rescue them and bring them back..
Is it worth your time? If you like old, gentle character comedies, you’ll probably find something to like here. It’s definitely for the crowd that enjoys the kind of movies where everyone is polite and the stakes are mostly just about saving a shop. If you need explosions or fast pacing, stay away—this thing moves like...
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Fritz Schulz
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old, gentle character comedies, you’ll probably find something to like here. It’s definitely for the crowd that enjoys the kind of movies where everyone is polite and the stakes are mostly just about saving a shop. If you need explosions or fast pacing, stay away—this thing moves like a slow Sunday afternoon. Honestly, you are mostly here for S.Z. Sakall. He’s got that specific, worried-yet-warm face that just makes you root for him. He carries the movie on hi..."
Siegfried Geyer, Rudolf Österreicher, Géza von Cziffra, Melchior Lengyel, Adorján Stella
Hungary
1933 · IMDb —
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