Early film adaptation of Gottfried Keller's well-known novella as a silent film. The plot revolves around a journeyman tailor who is thrown out by his master and, without his intervention, is forced into a lying role in which he takes on the role of a wealthy person.

Reparto

Hermann Thimig

Jaro Sprapinsky

Dora Kaiser

Nettchen

Hugo Thimig

der Wirt zur goldenen Waage

Hans Moser

Notar

Wilhelm Schmidt

Melchior Böhnli

Hans Thimig

Narr

Thea Oesey

Erika

Franz Kammauf

Amtmann

Cornelius Kirschner

Pfarrer

Eugen Guenther

Apotheker

Fritz Strassny

Professor

Victor Kutschera

Bettler