title: Knall and Fall as Imposters
text: # Knall and Fall as Imposters
  
  Knall and Fall as Imposters (German: Knall und Fall als Hochstapler) is a 1952 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Ulrich Bettac and Hubert Marischka and starring Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl and Curd Jürgens. It was followed by a 1953 sequel Knall and Fall as Detectives.
  
  It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Two rural men are picked at random for parts in a film production in which they are to play a millionaire and his chauffeur. After an accident while shooting a scene, the car they are in runs out of control and ends up crashing into a sanatorium. The director, believing that a real millionaire has arrived at the financially struggling establishment, puts them up. They are forced for a while to live as imposters until matters are eventually resolved.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Hans Richter as Knall
  * Rudolf Carl as Fall
  * Curd Jürgens as John Vandergold
  * Friedl Czepa as Direktorium des Sanatoriums
  * Waltraut Haas as Bettina Brandtner
  * Ilka Windish as Irene Dahlen
  * Ulrich Bettac as Regisseur
  * Viktor Braun
  * Heinz Conrads as Scheich
  * Peter Gerhard
  * Fritz Imhoff as Portier
  * Franz Marischka as Aufnahmeleiter
  * Hans Olden as Bankvorsteher
  * Peter W. Staub as Studienrat Hegetschweiler
  * Hermann Laforet as Produzent
  * Ady Berber as Bademeister
  * Johannes Roth as Sambu, Diener
  