Financial Opportunists (German: Konjunkturritter) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kampers and starring Weiss Ferdl, Sabine Peters and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.Niven p.283 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. The title was a well-known phrase to attack Jews, and was one of the first openly antisemitic films produced under the Nazi regime.Waldman p.75
Cast Weiss Ferdl as Ferdinand Mühlbauer Sabine Peters as Gretl, seine Tochter Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Lehmann, Rechtsanwalt Otto Wallburg as Untermeier, Grundstücksspekulant Kurt Vespermann as Dr. Günther, Rechtsanwalt Theo Lingen as Glaser, Grundstücksspekulant Walter Steinbeck as Direktor Messerschmidt Eugen Rex as Büngermann Käthe Haack as Frau Hornstedt Hans Leibelt as Klagemann, beider Hauptgläubiger Charly Berger as Ober
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Bibliography Niven, Bill. Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018. Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
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