Cinema
Lumpaci the Vagabond
Lumpacivagabundus
Géza von Bolváry · 1936
Synopsis
Fortuna and Amorosa, protectress of true love, bet the demon Lumpacivagabundus that he will not succeed in winning over any of three honest men: the tailor Zwirn, the journeyman carpenter Leim and the shoemaker Knieriem. The three companions win a hundred thousand thalers in the lottery, and the demon sets about ruining them through every temptation that sudden fortune can offer.
Context
The film adapts Johann Nestroy's farce. Produced in Austria and shot in German, on location at Dürnstein, Göttweig and Weißenkirchen as well as in the Sievering studios, it was released in Vienna on 23 December 1936, then in Berlin in February 1937. Paul Hörbiger plays both the demon and the cobbler, opposite Heinz Rühmann and Hans Holt. The man who directed it, Hungarian by birth, had worked in German and Austrian studios since 1922.
Who it is for
A ninety-minute comedy in German, carried by three actors; no French release has been located.
Prizes and reception
Praised on its release by the Austrian film press, in Der gute Film as well as in the Österreichische Film-Zeitung.