# A Hoax > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Hoax > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Hoax.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hoax > Source revision: 1341606450 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 film A Hoax Directed by E. W. Emo Written by Hans Fritz Köllner Hanns Sassmann Starring Paul Hörbiger Trude Marlen Hans Moser Cinematography Bruno Mondi Edited by Wolfgang Wehrum Music by Viktor Corzilius Production company Algefa Film Distributed by Europa Film Release date 4 September 1936 (1936-09-04) Country Germany Language German ***A Hoax*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Schabernack***) is a 1936 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [E. W. Emo](/source/E._W._Emo) and starring [Paul Hörbiger](/source/Paul_H%C3%B6rbiger), [Trude Marlen](/source/Trude_Marlen), and [Hans Moser](/source/Hans_Moser_(actor)).[1] It was shot at the [National Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Studios&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by [Otto Erdmann](/source/Otto_Erdmann_(art_director)) and [Hans Sohnle](/source/Hans_Sohnle).[2] ## Synopsis A [hotel](/source/Hotel) is financially struggling until the nearby [lunatic asylum](/source/Lunatic_asylum) is forced to close following a fire and all the patients are relocated to the hotel. Confusion arises when a newly arrived hotel guest is mistaken for a lunatic. ## Main cast - [Paul Hörbiger](/source/Paul_H%C3%B6rbiger) as Peter Burgstaller, Oberkellner - [Trude Marlen](/source/Trude_Marlen) as Eva Hügler, Inhaberin Hotel 'Kronprinz' - [Hans Moser](/source/Hans_Moser_(actor)) as Wandl, Hausknecht 'Hotel Kronprinz' - [Heinz Salfner](/source/Heinz_Salfner) as Mr. Vanderbilt - [Max Gülstorff](/source/Max_G%C3%BClstorff) as Julius Hügler sen., Präsident Hügler AG. - [Hans Richter](/source/Hans_Richter_(actor)) as Manz, Liftboy 'Hotel Kronprinz' - [Karl Ludwig Schreiber](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Ludwig_Schreiber&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludwig_Schreiber)] as Fred Bruckmann - [Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels) as Professor Marius, Besitzer Sanatorium 'Seelenruhe' - [Erika von Schaper](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erika_von_Schaper&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Hans Rudolf Waldburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Rudolf_Waldburg&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Josef Reithofer](/source/Josef_Reithofer) - [Egon Brosig](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egon_Brosig&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Brosig); [es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Brosig)] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBockBergfelder327_1-0)** [Bock & Bergfelder](#CITEREFBockBergfelder), p. 327. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Klaus p.177 ## Bibliography - [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-655-9). - Klaus, Ulrich J. *Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936*. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. ## External links - [*A Hoax*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028222/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by E. W. Emo Honeymoon (1928) Polish Economy (1928) Dive (1929) What Price Love? (1929) The Jumping Jack (1930) Twice Married (1930) The Unknown Guest (1931) One Night with You (1932) The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932) Wrong Number, Miss (1932) The Ladies Diplomat (1932) Modern Dowry (1932) Model Wanted (1933) The Girl with the Bruise (1933) Little Girl, Great Fortune (1933) Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) Paganini (1934) The Double (1934) The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934) The Bird Seller (1935) Circus Saran (1935) The Schimeck Family (1935) Last Stop (1935) Heaven on Earth (1935) Three Girls for Schubert (1936) The Fairy Doll (1936) Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936) The Cabbie's Song (1936) A Hoax (1936) The Missing Wife (1937) The Unexcused Hour (1937) The Optimist (1938) Thirteen Chairs (1938) Anton the Last (1939) Immortal Waltz (1939) Beloved Augustin (1940) My Daughter Lives in Vienna (1940) Love Is Duty Free (1941) Black on White (1943) Two Happy People (1943) Vienna 1910 (1943) By a Nose (1949) Nothing But Coincidence (1949) Theodore the Goalkeeper (1950) Shame on You, Brigitte! (1952) Irene in Trouble (1953) Lady's Choice (1953) Her Corporal (1956) Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1956) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. 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