The Upright Sinner

The Upright Sinner

78 mins | Comedy | Oct. 21, 1931

Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than expected and the director leaves for Vienna without it. But Pichler sees himself as a reliable man, and so he and his assistant Wittek follow the director to Vienna with the money kept in a bag. In Vienna, the two provincials however are mistaken for guests of the director and spend an evening at a posh night club. But when it transpires that the director actually won't come to the night club that evening, Pichler and Wittek have to pay the bill with the money from the bank. And their subsequent attempts at reimbursing the money lead to situations of ever-increasing hilariousness...

The Upright Sinner

78 mins | Comedy | Oct. 21, 1931

The Upright Sinner
Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than expected and the director leaves for Vienna without it. But Pichler sees himself as a reliable man, and so he and his assistant Wittek follow the director to Vienna with the money kept in a bag. In Vienna, the two provincials however are mistaken for guests of the director and spend an evening at a posh night club. But when it transpires that the director actually won't come to the night club that evening, Pichler and Wittek have to pay the bill with the money from the bank. And their subsequent attempts at reimbursing the money lead to situations of ever-increasing hilariousness...
Producers Allianz Tonfilm GmbH
Original title Der brave Sünder
Directors Fritz Kortner
Writers Alfred Polgar, Valentin Kataev, Fritz Kortner

Cast

Max Pallenberg

as Leopold Pichler

Heinz Rühmann

as Wittek

Dolly Haas

as Hedwig Pichlers-Tochter

Julius Brandt

as Geschäftsführer

Josefine Dora

as Ludmilla Pichler

Fritz Grünbaum

as Kalapka

Victor Beaumont

as Karl Pichler's Sohn

Louis Ralph

as Krull

Ekkehard Arendt

as Direktor Härtl

Rose Poindexter

as Kiddy die Negertänzerin