Poor as a Church Mouse

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Poor as a Church Mouse
Directed byRichard Oswald
Written by
Produced byEmil Justitz
Starring
CinematographyRobert Lach
Music byRalph Benatzky
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 5 November 1931 (1931-11-05)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Poor as a Church Mouse (German: Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Grete Mosheim, Anton Edthofer and Hans Thimig.[1] It was based on the 1928 play A templom egere by Ladislas Fodor, which has been turned into several films including the 1934 British comedy The Church Mouse. The film's art direction was overseen by Franz Schroedter. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.

Cast

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Production and reception

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In that production, "Oswald  emphasized the importance of sustaining the source text while applying the laws of films" according to Christiane Schönfield.[2]

The film was noted for the scene in "which includes performances of the film's title song in which lengthy moving camera shots show multiple actors who sing in traversing large sets."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kasten & Loacker p. 336
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