Little County Court Explained

Little County Court
Director:	Alwin Elling
Producer:	Adolf Elling
Based On:	Little County Court by Otto Bielen
Starring:	Hans Moser Ida Wüst Lucie Englisch
Music:	Will Meisel
Studio:	Astra-Film
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Germany

Little County Court (German: Kleines Bezirksgericht) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Alwin Elling and starring Hans Moser, Ida Wüst and Lucie Englisch.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

Synopsis

An overenthusiastic clerk working in a district court in a suburb of Vienna gives out free legal advice and is friends with Amanda Hopfstangl. He finds himself embroiled in a legal case in which she is one of the parties.

Cast

• Hans Moser as Karl Haselhuber
• Ida Wüst as Elisabeth Pieringer
• Lucie Englisch as Amanda Hopfstangl
• Gusti Wolf as Mizzi, Pieringers Nichte
• Eduard Wesener as Willi Hickel
• Paul Otto as Der Bezirksrichter
• Erich Fiedler as Dr. Schartenreiter
• Rudolf Carl as Strassenmusikant Postl
• Fritz Imhoff as Strassenmusikant Blaschek
• Karl Hellmer as Brandler
• Jochen Hauer as Gustav Berger

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
• Niven, Bill, Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.
• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Co, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Niven p.282
2. Waldman p.201
3. Klaus p.115