Businessman and shameless social climber, Julius Lampe, is subjected to a cruel April Fools’ Day prank when he is led to believe a noble prince intends to personally inspect his pasta factory.
Direction
Sirk's early comedy before he became king of suburban suffering.
Acting
Erhard Siedel commits fully to being the most insufferable man alive.
Production
1930s pasta factory as palace — production design with a straight face.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Douglas Sirk's second feature under his famous pseudonym, made during his prolific German period before fleeing to Hollywood.
Sirk later claimed he barely remembered this film, yet its satire of bourgeois pretension echoes through his 1950s Technicolor masterpieces.
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