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Der Firmling (1934)
Character: Father
A father and son celebrate the son's Confirmation in a fancy restaurant.
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Der Sonderling (1929)
Character: Schneidergeselle
Karl is an avid stamp collector and journeyman in the employ of the tailor Kuhn. Having taken a fancy to the journeyman, the tailor’s wife Paula means to woo him by adding a priceless stamp to his collection. When a client is robbed, the value of the stamp makes Karl a suspect, and he is wrongly imprisoned until the embarrassing particulars come to light.
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Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein (1936)
Character: Schneidermeister Huckebein
Relations between Huckebein, a humble tailor, and Greizinger, a wealthy farmer, become strained after Greizinger breaks off the romance between his son, Franzl, and Huckenbein's daughter, Evi. However, after a situation with a 100 mark note taken from a pair of trousers pressed by Huckebein belonging to Greisinger is resolved, a valuable mineral spring is found on the tailor's property,and the warring fathers become friends and Evi and Franzl are married.
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Der neue Schreibtisch (1914)
Character: Sekretär Dürr
Karl Valentin gets a new desk which absolutely does not fit his needs. He tries to solve the problem in some really strange ways.
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Der Theaterbesuch (1934)
Character: Fanny's Husband
Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt have actually prepared themselves for a relaxing evening at home, but then the housekeeper enters and gives them two theater tickets for a performance of "Faust". As time is of the essence, a hectic rush ensues: At dinner, the couple get their cutlery tangled up, the cuffs can't be found, nor can a fresh shirt, and to make matters worse, oil ends up on the good dress. The couple reproach each other and bicker until the husband sits around offended and the wife cries. A glance at the theater tickets finally provides relief: the tickets are only valid for tomorrow's performance.
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Beim Nervenarzt (1936)
Character: Mr. Meier
Postman Meier tells neurologist Professor Dr. Feurich about his problems with the angry master baker Fröhlich. In a flashback, we see how Meier first asks the baker to bake a pretzel in the shape of a 20-centimeter-high B covered in icing. Fröhlich presents him with a Latin B, but Meier is not satisfied because he wants one in German script. When the master baker then hands him a B in Sütterlin script, Meier demands a small b from him that is identical in both fonts. When the b finally turns out satisfactory, Meier eats it immediately.
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Orchesterprobe (1933)
Character: Trumpeter
A musician and his conductor clash in this Bavarian film classic; Mixed-up music sheets and mismanaged minutes. Miscommunication is brought to extremes by expert comedians.
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Die Erbschaft (1936)
Character: Karl Meier
Short Film from 1936. Banned by the Nazis. First shown 1976. Karl Meier and his wife are some really poor folks. They don't have much to eat and they cannot pay for their flat. Even the bailiff does not know what to take from them anymore. One day they are told that they made an inheritance, because some relatives died recently. Their financial problems seem to be solved now.
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Straßenmusik (1936)
Character: Kürassier-Otto
The three musicians Hans, Otto and Paul have no work and propose becoming street musicians with the support of Grete, who lives in the same apartment building. One day, Otto finds a valuable object. Rather than turn it in to the police, he sells it for money and then uses the money to buy alcohol. Hans, however, squanders his share at a fair and flirts with the widow Neumann. This hurts Grete deeply, who, without Hans’ knowledge, is expecting a child.
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Im Photoatelier (1933)
Character: Heinrich
A photographer goes on a business trip for three days. His helper (Karl Valentin) and the apprentice (Liesl Karlstadt) would prefer it to close the store during the absence of the boss. They only photograph customers reluctantly and cause all kinds of mayhem. When the boss returns, he faints after taking a look at the chaos.
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Im Schallplattenladen (1934)
Character: Kunde
A customer (Karl Valentin) tries to buy a record in a record store but can not decide what he actually wants. The saleswoman (Liesl Karlstadt) tries to help him – which is in vain, as the customer eventually damages various records and even a complete cabinet during his visit.
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WRDLBRMPFD! Karl Valentin: Der Unverstandene (2019)
Character: Self (archival footage)
Karl Valentin is the greatest Bavarian comedian... but: maybe it's all just a misunderstanding? In any case, Valentin only saw himself as a folk singer, but he also produced Dadaist works of art and wrote futuristic songs. Today, he has a reputation as a comedian who has somewhat fallen out of time. In this film essay, Andreas Ammers asks contemporary comedians such as Luise Kinseher, Willy Astor, Helmut Schleich and Christian Springer about their relationship to their great ancestor. Above all, however, he examines how Karl Valentin would come across if he were played in High German today.
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Mysterien eines Frisiersalons (1923)
Character: Frisiergeselle
The absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in vain for a shave while the barber takes a nap.
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Die verkaufte Braut (1932)
Character: Rudolph Brummer
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to "buy" Marie from Hans. But when Wenzel tells Hans that he doesn't want to marry Marie either because he loves circus director Brummel's daughter, Hans decides to accept the offer of money for not interfering in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.
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