Clothes Make the Man (1940 film)
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| German | Kleider machen Leute |
| Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
| Written by | Helmut Käutner |
| Based on | Clothes Make the Man by Gottfried Keller |
| Produced by | Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken |
| Starring | Heinz Rühmann Hertha Feiler Hilde Sessak |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
| Edited by | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
| Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
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| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Clothes Make the Man (German: Kleider machen Leute) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella Kleider machen Leute, published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.