The Reluctant Maharaja (German: Maharadscha wider Willen) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Olga Tschechowa, Kurt Seifert and Sonja Ziemann.Bock & Bergfelder p.61 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.https://www.filmportal.de/film/maharadscha-wider-willen_8083009c27be4ba6b5dd482f6e779482
Synopsis When a barber develops a miracle hair tonic his quest to secure funding at a luxury hotel leads to him being mistaken for wealthy Indian maharaja. Thrust into a world of high society, he is frantically trying to maintain his extravagant disguise while trying to market his hair-growth formula.
Cast Olga Tschechowa as Susanne de Bogne - Journalistin Kurt Seifert as Karl Brummer - Fabrikant Sonja Ziemann as Brigitte Brummer - seine Tochter Rudolf Prack as Jonny Williams - Sekretär des Maharadschas Iván Petrovich as Der Maharadscha von Hatschipur Hubert von Meyerinck as Knirps - Generalsekretärs des Wunderfriseurs Rudolf Platte as Breugel - Bürgermeister von Zet Georg Thomalla as Attentäter Walter Gross as Verkäufer Bruno Fritz as Arthur - Tankwart Rita Paul as Elvira - Sängerin Hans Schwarz Jr. as Schmied Henry Lorenzen as Fakir von Azra Charlotte Ander as Verkäuferin Rudi Schuricke as Wunderfriseur
References
Bibliography Beever. Antony. The Mystery of Olga Chekhova. Penguin, 2005. Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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