Wibbel the Tailor

Movie · 1h 15m

Starring Erich Ponto, Fita Benkhoff, Irene von Meyendorff, Friedrich Benfer

During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.