Small Town Poet
1940, German. Directed by Josef von Báky.
Paul Schleemueller is the town clerk of Schonbach, but secretly, he is counting on becoming the municipality's mayor one day. However, Paul's real passion is poetry, which he has never admitted to anyone, because he thinks it is unworthy of a municipal dignitary to write poems.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Josef von BákyDirector
- Paul KempPaul Schleemüller, Stadtsekretär
- Georg AlexanderAssessor von Bornefeld, Pauls Vorgesetzter
- Hilde HildebrandLona Elvira
- Hans BrausewetterLerche, Redakteur des Schönbacher Tagblatts
- Hans LeibeltVon Lindau, Landrat
- Georg ThomallaSiegfried, Angestellter bei Emil
- Hermann Mayer-FalkowDer Chauffeur Lona Elviras
- Hilde SchneiderLotte Ziemer
- Edith OssLisette Siebenlist
- Wilfried SeyferthEmil Kurz, Friseur
- Hans JunkermannGeheimrat Parisius
- Claude FarellZenzi
Details
- Released
- 20 December 1940
- Original title
- Der Kleinstadtpoet
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Utz Utermann, H.W. Becker
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Small Town Poet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 December 1940. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Small Town Poet?
Small Town Poet (1940) was directed by Josef von Báky and stars Paul Kemp, Georg Alexander, Hilde Hildebrand.