Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari explained

Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari
Director:	Robert Wohlmuth
Distributor:	Terra Film
Runtime:	78 minutes
Country:	Germany
Language:	German

Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari ("The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari") is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Robert Wohlmuth and starring Max Hansen, Paul Morgan and Carl Jöken. The film is a parody of the German Film industry of the era.^[1] Its title is a reference to the 1919 expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Cast

• Max Hansen as Max Hansen / Pepperl Kröninger
• Paul Morgan as Paul Morgan / Sebaldus Kröninger / Ehemann (husband)
• Carl Jöken as Kammersänger Carl Jöken / Gesangspädagoge (singing instructor)
• Marianne Stanior as Sekretärin der Trio-Film (secretary of Trio film)
• Gisela Werbisek as Hedda Mutz-Kahla, Schriftstellerin (author)
• Alice Hechy as Ehefrau (wife)
• Else Reval as Sängerin (vocalist)
• Ellen Plessow
• Willy Prager as Patient (patient)
• Karl Harbacher as Leopold, Kellner (waiter)
• Wolfgang von Schwindt as Arzt (doctor)
• Henry Berg
• Gerhard Dammann as Gast / Schwiegervater (guest / father-in-law)
• Gyula Szőreghy
• Erik Ode as Wolfgang Anglert, Chefredakteur (editor-in-chief)
• Die Weintraub Syncopators as Orchester (orchestra)
• Ida Krill as Das Dienstmädchen (the handmaiden)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 346