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Cock of the Roost
Cock of the Roost
German	Der Hahn im Korb
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Alfred Schirokauer; Reinhold Schünzel
Starring	Reinhold Schünzel; Elga Brink; Maly Delschaft
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Production; company	Domo-Film
Distributed by	Westfalia-Film
Release date	12 April 1925;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles

Cock of the Roost (German: Der Hahn im Korb) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Elga Brink and Maly Delschaft.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann.

Synopsis

In a small, provincial town the clumsy young Peter Abendrot dreams of being the "cock of the roost" and enjoying success amongst the woman of the town. However, he is scorned until an unexpected inheritance from an American uncle suddenly makes him very wealthy. The mother's of the town now all want their daughters to marry him, but he decides to head for the capital Berlin, believing he can now set his sights higher. In the capital he is snared by Jutta, the daughter of a banker, whose father desires to get his hands on the young man's wealth.

Cast

Reinhold Schünzel as Peter Abendrot
Elga Brink as Käthe
Maly Delschaft as Emma
Frida Richard as Frau Abnendrot
William Dieterle as Anton
Sig Arno as Onkel Eli
Harry Hardt as Lieblich
Hugo Werner-Kahle as Oberspritzmeister
Sophie Pagay as Oberspritzmeisters Frau
Olly Orska as Marie
Henry Bender as Gastwirt
Paula Eberty as Frau Gastwirt
Gyula Szöreghy as Bürgermeister
Frigga Braut as Bürgermeisters Frau
Annette Benson as Olga, Bürgermeisters Tochter
Emmy Wyda as Lehrerin
Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger as Briefträger
Max Zilzer as Gemeindediener
Max Winter as pastor
Karl Harbacher as Lehrer
F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Dr. Gerlach
Hans Mierendorff as Romberg
Margarete Kupfer as Frau Romberg
Tamara Geva as Jutta
Antonie Jaeckel as Zimmervermieterin
Tamara Karsavina
Paul Morgan as Bureauvorsteher

References

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 17. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.