Little County Court

{{short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Little County Court | image =File:Little County Court.jpg | caption = | director =Alwin Elling | producer =Adolf Elling | based_on = ''Little County Court'' by Otto Bielen | writer = Otto Bielen <br> Erwin Kreker | narrator = | starring =Hans Moser <br> Ida Wüst <br> Lucie Englisch | music = Will Meisel | cinematography = Hugo von Kaweczynski | editing = Putty Krafft | studio = Astra-Film | distributor = | released ={{Film date|1938|11|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Little County Court''''' (German: '''''Kleines Bezirksgericht''''') is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Alwin Elling and starring Hans Moser, Ida Wüst and Lucie Englisch.<ref>Niven p.282</ref><ref>Waldman p.201</ref> It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.<ref>Klaus p.115</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

==Synopsis== An overenthusiastic clerk working in a district court in a suburb of Vienna gives out free legal advice and is friends with Amanda Hopfstangl. He finds himself embroiled in a legal case in which she is one of the parties.

==Cast== * Hans Moser as Karl Haselhuber * Ida Wüst as Elisabeth Pieringer * Lucie Englisch as Amanda Hopfstangl * Gusti Wolf as Mizzi, Pieringers Nichte * Eduard Wesener as Willi Hickel * Paul Otto as Der Bezirksrichter * Erich Fiedler as Dr. Schartenreiter * Rudolf Carl as Strassenmusikant Postl * Fritz Imhoff as Strassenmusikant Blaschek * Karl Hellmer as Brandler * Jochen Hauer as Gustav Berger

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Niven, Bill, ''Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion''. Yale University Press, 2018. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942''. McFarland & Co, 2008.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0030327}}

Category:1938 films Category:Films of Nazi Germany Category:1938 German-language films Category:Films directed by Alwin Elling Category:1938 German films Category:German comedy films Category:1938 comedy films Category:Films set in Vienna Category:Films shot at Halensee Studios Category:German films based on plays Category:Films scored by Will Meisel