"Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light."
Helmut Qualtinger
as Anselm Eibenschütz
Agnes Fink
as Regina Eibenschütz
Velimir Živojinović
as Leibusch Jadlowker
Evelyn Opela
as Euphemia Nikitsch
Kurt Sowinetz
as Kapturak
Anna Báró
as Rosa Kapturak
István Iglódi
as Josef Nowak
Johannes Schaaf
as Slama
Rudolf Strobl
as Piotrak
Manyi Kiss
as Soscha Szaczkes
Sándor Siménfalvy
as Onufrij
Ladislaus Ferencz
as First Mortgagee
Fritz Hochwälder
as Second Mortgagee
György ifj. Gonda
as Third Mortgagee
Kálmán Erdődy
as Fourth Mortgagee
Sigfrit Steiner
as Gollerstepper
Kurt Zips
as Morgenbesser
Zoltán Gera
as Sviatny
Sándor Suka
as Doctor Kionower
Franz Stoß
as State Attorney
Erik Burger
as Defender
Heinz Gerstinger
as Judge
Milan Jelić
as Man
Erika Santner
as Jadwiga
Wolfgang Madleitner
as Fiala
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Clara Fabry
Assistant Editor
Jürgen Mohrbutter
Production Supervisor
Karl W. Schaper
Assistant Production Coordinator
Rolf Defrank
Producer
Gerhard Freund
Otto Pischinger
Production Design
Erika Thomasberger
Costume Design
Thomas Grimm
Assistant Director
Christian Schubert
Sound
Peter Schwaba
Sound Mixer
Peter Rohe
Assistant Camera
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Joseph Roth
Novel
Writer
Eva Maria Tittes
Editor
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
George Gruntz
Original Music Composer