Poor as a Church Mouse

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Poor as a Church Mouse
Poor as a Church Mouse.jpg
Directed by Richard Oswald
Written by
Produced by Emil Justitz
Starring
Cinematography Robert Lach
Music by Ralph Benatzky
Production
company
Distributed by Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 5 November 1931 (1931-11-05)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Poor as a Church Mouse (German : Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Grete Mosheim, Anton Edthofer and Hans Thimig. [1] It was based on the 1928 play A templom egere by Ladislas Fodor, which has been turned into several films including the 1934 British comedy The Church Mouse . The film's art direction was overseen by Franz Schroedter. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.

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