September 2, 1935
Release Date

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Only a Comedian (1935)

Name: Only a Comedian
Released: 1935-09-02

1h 35m

Running Time

September 2, 1935
Release Date

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Plot.

A moving actor at the rococo era shows the power-hungry-crude minister of a small state prince in the barriers, while he makes use of his resemblance to the sovereign and slips in his role. - Double role for Rudolf Forster who plays his figures very much chilly.

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Details.

Release Date
September 2, 1935

Original Name
...nur ein Komödiant

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Last updated: 2025-02-16

Wiki.

... nur ein Komödiant (also König der Maske; in English, ... just a Comedian, or King of the Mask) is an Austrian film of 1935. The director was Erich Engel. Temporarily in Vienna as a political emigrant from Germany, he wanted the film to make a statement against fascism and authoritarian government. Even so, the film passed the strict censors not only of the Third Reich but also of Austria, presumably because all political references were veiled by their setting in a royal court of the 18th century.

The premiere took place on 20 September 1935 in the Ufa-Palast in Hamburg. The film went on general release in Germany on 9 October 1935, opening in the Capitol in Berlin, and in Austria on 10 January 1936, opening in Vienna.