Clothes Make the Man
1940, German. Directed by Helmut Käutner.
The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the shop. A puppeteer picks him up in his coach and addresses Wenzel as "Count". So is he received in Goldach, where people think he is Count Stroganoff, the ambassador to the Czar of Russia.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Helmut KäutnerDirector
- Heinz RühmannSchneidergeselle Wenzel
- Hertha FeilerNettchen
- Fritz OdemarGraf Stroganoff
- Hilde SessakFräulein von Serafin
- Rudolf SchündlerSchneider Melcher Böhni
- Erich PontoPuppenspieler Christoffel
- Aribert WäscherHändler Nievergelt
- Hans SternbergAmtsrat und Tuchherr Küchlin
- Hans StiebnerGastwirt der 'Waage' in Goldach
- Erwin HoffmannCast
- Leopold von LedeburCast
- Franz WeberCast
Details
- Released
- 16 September 1940
- Original title
- Kleider machen Leute
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Helmut Käutner
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Clothes Make the Man runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Clothes Make the Man isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 1940. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Who directed Clothes Make the Man?
Clothes Make the Man (1940) was directed by Helmut Käutner and stars Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Fritz Odemar.