Sigi Hofer
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 02, 1878
Deathday: October 08, 1933
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The City Without Jews
1924-07-25
The City Without Jews
Overview: In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia". Even a happy ending was provided.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-07-25
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We Need No Money
1931-12-24
We Need No Money
Overview: In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a millionaire.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-12-24
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East and West
1923-08-17
East and West
Overview: Morris Brown, a New York gambler acquainted more with his checkbook than his prayer book, returns to Galicia with his very American daughter, Mollie (Molly Picon) for a family wedding. But Mollie, whose exuberant antics fill the film, unexpectedly meets her match--an engaging young yeshiva scholar who forsake tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-08-17
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Vienna, City of Song
1930-04-03
Vienna, City of Song
Overview: Steffi is in love with the unemployed musician Pepi. Still, her father the musical instrument retailer, Ignaz Korn, wants her to marry one of his card playing buddies, the butcher Burgstaller. When the typesetter, Cäsar Grün, purposely misprints a winning lottery number in the newspaper, Korn and Burgstaller, thinking they have won, pay the drinks for everybody in the Bock Café and then give away their businesses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-04-03
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