Excursion into Life(1931)

Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.

Genre: Comedy

Director: Rudolph Bernauer

Actors: Felix Bressart, Charlotte Susa, Rolf von Goth, Rosa Valetti, Truus Van Aalten, Albert Paulig, Karl Zeska, Annie Rosar, Paula Brosig, Walter Jurmann

Release date: 1931-09-30

Country of origin: Austria

Length: 1h 26m