Herkules Maier

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name =Herkules Maier | image = Herkules Maier.jpg | caption = | director = [[Alexander Esway]] | producer = Reinhold Schünzel | writer = {{ubl|[[Alfred Schirokauer]]|Reinhold Schünzel}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Reinhold Schünzel]]|[[Claire Rommer]]|[[Ida Perry]]}} | music = [[Artur Guttmann]] | editing = | cinematography = [[Willy Goldberger]] | studio = Reinhold Schünzel Film | distributor = [[Parufamet]] | released = {{Film date|1928|02|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 116 minutes | country = Germany | language = Silent <br> German [[intertitles]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Herkules Maier''''' is a 1928 German [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Alexander Esway]] and starring [[Reinhold Schünzel]], [[Claire Rommer]] and [[Ida Perry]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.434</ref> It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Potsdam]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Arthur Schwarz]] and [[Julius von Borsody]]. It premiered at the [[Ufa-Palast am Zoo]] in [[Berlin]].

==Synopsis== A [[Peddler|travelling salesman]] and his wife are expecting their first baby. He tries various schemes to raise money to support them both.

==Cast== * [[Reinhold Schünzel]] as Stadtreisender Herkules Maier * [[Claire Rommer]] as Maria, seine Frau * [[Ida Perry]] as Schwiegermutter * [[Sophie Pagay]] * [[Ellen Plessow]] * [[Ernst Behmer]] * [[Julius E. Herrmann]] * [[Albert Paulig]] * [[Ferry Sikla]] * [[Eugen Burg]] * [[Max Ehrlich]] * [[Lydia Potechina]] * [[Gertl Grossmann]] * [[Carl Geppert]] * [[Rosa Valetti]] as Wirtin * [[Ludwig Stössel]] * [[Carla Bartheel]] * [[Hugo Werner-Kahle]] * [[Sig Arno]] * [[Maria Kamradek]] * [[Paul Westermeier]] * [[Lydia Newerowskaja]] * [[Arthur Schwarz]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books. {{ISBN|978-0-85745-565-9}}.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0133005}}

[[Category:1928 films]] [[Category:Films of the Weimar Republic]] [[Category:Films directed by Alexander Esway]] [[Category:German silent feature films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:UFA GmbH films]] [[Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios]] [[Category:1928 comedy films]] [[Category:German comedy films]] [[Category:Films scored by Artur Guttmann]]