Clothes Make the Man (1940 film)

Clothes Make the Man (Kleider machen Leute) 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.

Release
The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles.

Reception
Thomas Kramer of the Reclams Lexikon of the German Films