Clothes Make the Man (1940 film)

Clothes Make the Man
German film poster
GermanKleider machen Leute
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written byHelmut Käutner
Based onClothes Make the Man by Gottfried Keller
Produced byArtur Kiekebusch-Brenken
StarringHeinz Rühmann
Hertha Feiler
Hilde Sessak
CinematographyEwald Daub
Edited byHelmuth Schönnenbeck
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
company
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 16 September 1940 (1940-09-16)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.