The Reluctant Maharaja (German: Maharadscha wider Willen) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by ÃÂkos Ráthonyi and starring Olga Tschechowa, Kurt Seifert and Sonja Ziemann. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.
When a barber develops a miracle hair tonic his quest to secure funding at a luxury hotel leads to him being mistaken for wealthy Indian maharaja. Thrust into a world of high society, he frantically trying tp maintain his extravagant disguise while trying to market his hair-growth formula.