Excursion into Life
Synopsis
Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.
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Top cast
Felix Bressart
Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur
Charlotte Susa
Thea von Diemen, Romanschriftstellerin
Rolf von Goth
Lothar Bosse, Werkführer
Rosa Valetti
Frau Hollmann, seine Wirtin
Truus van Aalten
Alma Marfield, Bürofräulein
Albert Paulig
Schwanfelder, Großindustrieller
Karl Zeska
Direktor Krause
Annie Rosar
Frau Direktor Krause
Paula Brosig
Fräulein Krause
Walter Jurmann
Willi Osten - Schauspieler