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My Leopold (1931 film)

My Leopold () is a 1931 German comedy drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Max Adalbert, Harald Paulsen and Camilla Spira. It is based on Adolphe L'Arronge's 1873 play My Leopold which had previously been adapted into silent films on three occasions. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

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Gottlieb Weigelt, a wealthy and indulgent father, is driven into financial ruin and social disgrace by the reckless spending and mounting debts of his spoiled son Leopold. After the family business collapses and the elder Weigelt is reduced to working as a cobbler, a shamed Leopold flees to Hamburg to rebuild his life from scratch. Over several years, the young man undergoes a moral transformation, rising from a factory worker to a successful and hardworking partner in a new company. The story concludes with a sentimental reconciliation between the now-humbled father and his redeemed son, finally reuniting the fractured family.

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