During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.
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Cast
Erich Ponto
Schneider Anton Wibbel
Fita Benkhoff
Fin, seine Frau
Irene von Meyendorff
Klementine
Friedrich Benfer
André
Günther Lüders
Schneidergeselle Peter Zimpel
Hubert von Meyerinck
Knillich
Lotte Rausch
Mariechen
S.O. Schoening
Picard
Theo Lucas
Mölfes
Ludwig Schmitz
Drögendiek
Albert Florath
Totengräber
Eva Tinschmann
Frau Heubes
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