''The Two Seals'' () is a 1934 German

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directed by

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and starring

Weiß Ferdl Weiss Ferdl (28 June 1883 – 19 June 1949, real name: ''Ferdinand Weisheitinger'') was a German actor, humorous folksinger, and author. He appeared in 19 films between 1928 and 1941 and performed regularly at the Platzl, a well-known Munic ...

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, and

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Romance of a Poor Sin ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Kurt Dürnhöfer and

Otto Moldenhauer Otto Moldenhauer (30 August 1882 – 27 April 1969) was a German art director. He worked frequently on the director Gerhard Lamprecht's films. Selected filmography * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' The Bud ...

Synopsis

The unpopular ruler of a small

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has his doppelganger take over the reins of government.

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* 1934 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Fred Sauer 1934 comedy films German comedy films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films scored by Walter Ulfig German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub