Shoe Palace Pinkus
| Shoe Palace Pinkus | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by |
Hanns Kräly Erich Schönfelder |
| Starring |
Ernst Lubitsch Else Kentner Guido Herzfeld Ossi Oswalda |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Union Film |
Release dates | March 1916 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language |
Silent German intertitles |
Shoe Palace Pinkus (German: Schuhpalast Pinkus) is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Else Kentner and Guido Herzfeld. In English it is sometimes known by the alternative titles Shoe Salon Pinkus and The Shoe Palace. It was part of the Sally series of films featuring Lubitsch as a sharp young Berliner of Jewish heritage. After leaving school, a self-confident young man goes to work in a shoe shop. Before long he has become a shoe tycoon.[1]
Cast
- Ernst Lubitsch as Sally Pinkus
- Else Kentner as Melitta Herve
- Guido Herzfeld as Mr. Meiersohn
- Ossi Oswalda as Apprentice
- Hanns Kräly as Teacher
- Erich Schönfelder as Schuhmacher
- Fritz Rasp
References
- ↑ Prawer p.42-49
Bibliography
- Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.