Overview
Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Weights and Measures
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Music
Music by George Gruntz
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jerzy Lipman
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Joseph RothNovel
- Bernhard WickiWriter
- Fritz HochwälderWriter
- Original title
- Das falsche Gewicht
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 26, 1973
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Helmut QualtingerAnselm Eibenschütz
Agnes FinkRegina Eibenschütz
Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićLeibusch Jadlowker
Evelyn OpelaEuphemia Nikitsch- Kurt SowinetzKapturak
Anna BáróRosa Kapturak
István IglódiJosef Nowak
Johannes SchaafSlama- Rudolf StroblPiotrak
Manyi KissSoscha Szaczkes
Sándor SiménfalvyOnufrij- Ladislaus FerenczFirst Mortgagee
- Fritz HochwälderSecond Mortgagee
- György ifj. GondaThird Mortgagee
- Kálmán ErdődyFourth Mortgagee
Sigfrit SteinerGollerstepper
Kurt ZipsMorgenbesser
Zoltán GeraSviatny- Sándor SukaDoctor Kionower
- Franz StoßState Attorney
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