Crazy Otto
1957 · ★ 7.4 · Comedy
A wannabe revue dancer meets a man she thinks is the revue's impresario, and mistaken identities lead to laughs.
Directed by Géza von Cziffra · Written by Gustav Kampendonk
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Germaine Damar Topsy Müller -
Walter Giller Otto Schräge -
Willy Fritsch Alexander Korty -
Gunther Philipp Fritz -
Claude Farell Gerti Korty -
Paul Hörbiger Blasius Müller -
Gerhard Wendland Viktor Lani -
Grethe Weiser Frau Sauerbier
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