---
title: 'Clothes Make the Man (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Helmut Käutner'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/clothes-make-the-man-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032672/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Clothes Make the Man (1940)

1940 · 91 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Kleider machen Leute

## Synopsis

Clothes Make the Man is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella Kleider machen Leute, published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- **Director:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner), [Paul Verhoeven](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-verhoeven-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Eichhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-eichhorn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ewald Daub](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-daub)
- **Editor:** [Helmuth Schönnenbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmuth-schonnenbeck)

## Cast

- [Hilde Sessak](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-sessak)
- [Joe Furtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-furtner)
- [Hans Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-sternberg)
- [Klaus Pohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-pohl-2)
- [Fritz Odemar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-odemar)
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto)
- [Aribert Wäscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/aribert-wascher)
- [Franz Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-stein)
- [Olga Limburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-limburg)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Helmut Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-weiss)
- [Rudolf Schündler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-schundler)
- [Hans Stiebner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-stiebner)
- [Franz Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weber)
- [Hertha Feiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hertha-feiler)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/clothes-make-the-man-1940
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