''A Better Master'' () is a 1928 German silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work cov ...

and starring

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

Lydia Potechina Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer. Selected filmography *''Destiny'' (1921) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa ...

and

Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German language, German-speaking film audiences, as ...

. It is based upon the play by Walter Hasenclever. It was made at the

Emelka Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ludwig Reiber.

Cast

as Milliardär Kompaß *

as Seine Frau *Rita Roberts as Seine Tochter *

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

as Möbius, ein Heiratsschwindler * Elisabeth Pinajeff as Madame Prandon, eine Tänzerin *Karl Graumann as Schmettau, ein Detektiv *Gustl Helminger as Frau Schnütchen, eine Witwe *

as Sohn von Kompaß

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* 1928 comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Bavaria Film films Films directed by Gustav Ucicky Films of the Weimar Republic Films shot at Bavaria Studios German black-and-white films German films based on plays German silent feature films German-language comedy films Silent German comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub