title: A Hoax
text: # A Hoax
  
  A Hoax (German: Schabernack) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, and Hans Moser. It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  A hotel is financially struggling until the nearby lunatic asylum is forced to close following a fire and all the patients move into her premises. Confusion arises when a new hotel guest arrives only to be mistaken for a lunatic.
  
  ## Main cast
  
  * Paul Hörbiger as Peter Burgstaller, Oberkellner
  * Trude Marlen as Eva Hügler, Inhaberin Hotel 'Kronprinz'
  * Hans Moser as Wandl, Hausknecht 'Hotel Kronprinz'
  * Heinz Salfner as Mr. Vanderbilt
  * Max Gülstorff as Julius Hügler sen., Präsident Hügler AG.
  * Hans Richter as Manz, Liftboy 'Hotel Kronprinz'
  * Karl Ludwig Schreiber [de] as Fred Bruckmann
  * Paul Henckels as Professor Marius, Besitzer Sanatorium 'Seelenruhe'
  * Erika von Schaper
  * Hans Rudolf Waldburg
  * Josef Reithofer
  * Egon Brosig [de; es]
  