# Herkules Maier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Herkules_Maier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Herkules_Maier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules_Maier > Source revision: 1286089034 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1928 film Herkules Maier Directed by Alexander Esway Written by Alfred Schirokauer Reinhold Schünzel Produced by Reinhold Schünzel Starring Reinhold Schünzel Claire Rommer Ida Perry Cinematography Willy Goldberger Music by Artur Guttmann Production company Reinhold Schünzel Film Distributed by Parufamet Release date 10 February 1928 (1928-02-10) Running time 116 minutes Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles ***Herkules Maier*** is a 1928 German [silent](/source/Silent_film) [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Alexander Esway](/source/Alexander_Esway) and starring [Reinhold Schünzel](/source/Reinhold_Sch%C3%BCnzel), [Claire Rommer](/source/Claire_Rommer) and [Ida Perry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ida_Perry&action=edit&redlink=1).[1] It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Potsdam](/source/Potsdam). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Arthur Schwarz](/source/Arthur_Schwarz) and [Julius von Borsody](/source/Julius_von_Borsody). It premiered at the [Ufa-Palast am Zoo](/source/Ufa-Palast_am_Zoo) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). ## Synopsis A [travelling salesman](/source/Peddler) and his wife are expecting their first baby. He tries various schemes to raise money to support them both. ## Cast - [Reinhold Schünzel](/source/Reinhold_Sch%C3%BCnzel) as Stadtreisender Herkules Maier - [Claire Rommer](/source/Claire_Rommer) as Maria, seine Frau - [Ida Perry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ida_Perry&action=edit&redlink=1) as Schwiegermutter - [Sophie Pagay](/source/Sophie_Pagay) - [Ellen Plessow](/source/Ellen_Plessow) - [Ernst Behmer](/source/Ernst_Behmer) - [Julius E. Herrmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julius_E._Herrmann&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Albert Paulig](/source/Albert_Paulig) - [Ferry Sikla](/source/Ferry_Sikla) - [Eugen Burg](/source/Eugen_Burg) - [Max Ehrlich](/source/Max_Ehrlich) - [Lydia Potechina](/source/Lydia_Potechina) - [Gertl Grossmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gertl_Grossmann&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Carl Geppert](/source/Carl_Geppert) - [Rosa Valetti](/source/Rosa_Valetti) as Wirtin - [Ludwig Stössel](/source/Ludwig_St%C3%B6ssel) - [Carla Bartheel](/source/Carla_Bartheel) - [Hugo Werner-Kahle](/source/Hugo_Werner-Kahle) - [Sig Arno](/source/Sig_Arno) - [Maria Kamradek](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maria_Kamradek&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Paul Westermeier](/source/Paul_Westermeier) - [Lydia Newerowskaja](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lydia_Newerowskaja&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Arthur Schwarz](/source/Arthur_Schwarz) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p.434 ## Bibliography - Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. *The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85745-565-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85745-565-9). ## External links - [*Herkules Maier*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133005/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Alexander Esway Herkules Maier (1928) Taxi for Two (1929) Children of Chance (1930) Children of Fortune (1931) Shadows (1931) Le jugement de minuit (1933) Mauvaise graine (1934) Music Hath Charms (1935) It's a Bet (1935) Conquest of the Air (1936) Barnabé (1938) Hercule (1938) Education of a Prince (1938) Monsieur Brotonneau (1939) Latin Quarter (1939) The Man Who Seeks the Truth (1940) Steppin' in Society (1945) They Are Not Angels (1947) The Idol (1948) This article related to a German silent comedy film of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Herkules Maier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules_Maier) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules_Maier?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.