The Reluctant Maharaja

The Reluctant Maharaja
Directed byÁkos Ráthonyi
Written byArtur Brauner
Kurt Bortfeldt
Produced byArtur Brauner
StarringOlga Tschechowa
Kurt Seifert
Sonja Ziemann
CinematographyEkkehard Kyrath
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Music byFriedrich Schröder
Production
company
Distributed byLloyd Film
Release date
  • 1 June 1950 (1950-06-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Reluctant Maharaja (German: Maharadscha wider Willen) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Olga Tschechowa, Kurt Seifert and Sonja Ziemann.[1] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.[2]

Synopsis

When a barber develops a miracle hair tonic his quest to secure funding at a luxury hotel leads to him being mistaken for wealthy Indian maharaja. Thrust into a world of high society, he frantically trying tp maintain his extravagant disguise while trying to market his hair-growth formula.

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References

Bibliography

  • Beever. Antony. The Mystery of Olga Chekhova. Penguin, 2005.
  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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