Zwei Krawatten

Zwei Krawatten

1930 · 75 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

Opera style film in which a crook offers to change ties with a waiter, so he can escape. The waiter ends up getting involved with a rich American lady who takes him to Florida.

Directed by Felix Basch · Written by Ladislaus Vajda

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