Knall and Fall as Imposters
Knall and Fall as Imposters is a 1952 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Ulrich Bettac and Hubert Marischka and starring Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl and Curd Jürgens. It was followed by a 1953 sequel Knall and Fall as Detectives.
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
Plot
Two rural men are picked at random for parts in a film production in which they are to play a millionaire and his chauffeur. After an accident while shooting a scene, the car they are in runs out of control and ends up crashing into a sanatorium. The director, believing that a real millionaire has arrived at the financially struggling establishment, puts them up. They are forced for a while to live as imposters until matters are eventually resolved.Cast
- Hans Richter as Knall
- Rudolf Carl as Fall
- Curd Jürgens as John Vandergold
- Friedl Czepa as Direktorium des Sanatoriums
- Waltraut Haas as Bettina Brandtner
- Ilka Windish as Irene Dahlen
- Ulrich Bettac as Regisseur
- Viktor Braun
- Heinz Conrads as Scheich
- Peter Gerhard
- Fritz Imhoff as Portier
- Franz Marischka as Aufnahmeleiter
- Hans Olden as Bankvorsteher
- Peter W. Staub as Studienrat Hegetschweiler
- Hermann Laforet as Produzent
- Ady Berber as Bademeister
- Johannes Roth as Sambu, Diener