''Rag Ball'' () is a 1930 German

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directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring

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, and

Kurt Lilien Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jews, Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp ...

. The title refers to a

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in which the guests turn up in tatters and rags. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The White Roses of Ravensberg (1919 film), The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919 ...

and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, th ...

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* 1930 films 1930 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Heinz Wolff German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films scored by Bernard Homola German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub