
October 3, 1890
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian actor. He had roles in just over 100 films between 1916 and 1967. He appeared in three films directed by Ernst Lubitsch and frequently played comedic roles.

Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.

A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her...