| Knall and Fall as Imposters | |
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| Director: | Ulrich Bettac Hubert Marischka |
| Producer: | Alfred Stöger |
| Music: | Hans Lang |
| Cinematography: | Walter Tuch |
| Editing: | Hermine Diethelm |
| Studio: | Arena-Film Wiener Mundus-Film |
| Distributor: | Herzog-Filmverleih |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | Austria West Germany |
| Language: | German |
Knall and Fall as Imposters (German: Knall und Fall als Hochstapler) is a 1952 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Ulrich Bettac and Hubert Marischka and starring Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl and Curd Jürgens.[1] It was followed by a 1953 sequel Knall and Fall as Detectives.
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
Two rural men are picked at random for parts in a film production in which they are to play a millionaire and his chauffeur. After an accident while shooting a scene, the car they are in runs out of control and ends up crashing into a sanatorium. The director, believing that a real millionaire has arrived at the financially struggling establishment, puts them up. They are forced for a while to live as imposters until matters are eventually resolved.
. Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland. 2005. Jefferson, NC. 151. 978-1-4766-2147-0.