Prolific actor Johannes Meyer established his later often repeated role as a grumpy man in this character study representing the best film from director George Schnéevoight. Actors in those days still tended to repeat their old exaggerated theater mannerisms, and the younger comedian Arhoff find it difficult to display his own talent for extreme mannerisms in the company of Meyer, and that suits us all just fine. This is a burlesque comedy of the rough nature you could still get away with in the Thirties, and there are some hilarious scenes connected to simpleminded musical interludes. There are other farces in this genre, but none pulled off in such an impressive manner. It took some decades before the industry reinvented the genre in black comedies. Axel Frische was in on the manuscript, and he executed many effective farces and comedies of the day.
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