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Meiseken (1937)

Directed by Hans Deppe

Overview

Old Meiseken, a gingerbread baker, has been dead for three years, but his bosses don’t know that.  They’ve been paying him his pension all this time, unaware that his former landlords have been cashing the checks.  When, one day, the assistant head of the bakery, Tony, pays a visit to Meiseken’s place to get a hold of an old recipe, someone’s got to play the part of Meiseken!  The fraud blows up in the landlords’ faces; but in the end, Tony gets the recipe book and even a new bride.

Length 82 minutes

Actors

Fritz Kampers | Oskar Sima | Leo Peukert | Josef Eichheim | Beppo Brem | Susi Lanner | Josef Reithofer | Josef Berger | Rotraut Richter | Klaus Pohl