''Cockatoo and Lapwing'' () is a 1920 German

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Erich Schönfelder Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch. Selected filmography Writer * ''Shoe ...

and starring

Ossi Oswalda Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1898https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5753/images/41540_prep201_000020-00010?pid=150049&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D5753%26h%3 ...

Victor Janson Victor Arthur Eduard Janson (; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity. Selected filmography Actor * '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * ''Carm ...

, and Marga Köhler.

Cast

as Ossi Schönbeck *Hans Brockmann as Hans Reimers, Doctor of Zoology *Marga Köhler as Frau Sturm *

as Schlappi Mappi, Boxer *Rudolf Senius as Theodor Stänker, Editor of ''The Lie'' *Willi Allen as Fritz, Girls for Everything * Hans Junkermann as Idi Ot, Hysteria painter

References

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* 1920 comedy films Silent German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Erich Schönfelder German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub