Where Is My Treasure?

Name: Where Is My Treasure?
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 36 min
Cast: Ernst Lubitsch, Louise Schenrich, Julius Falkenstein, Helene Voß

Comedy 36 minutes Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

About Where Is My Treasure?

Ernst, hemmed in by his wife and her mother, fakes his death and comes back to the house as a servant. Ernst Lubitsch wrote the part, directed it, and plays Ernst.

Cast & crew

More about Where Is My Treasure?

A three-act German comedy. Paul Davidson produced it for PAGU. The shooting title and the usual German title are Als ich tot war (When I Was Dead). Censors put it out as Wo ist mein Schatz? Louise Schenrich, Julius Falkenstein, and Helene Voß are billed. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-wo-ist-mein-schatz.

Themes

A faked death
A husband hired back as a servant
Ernst Lubitsch
fake suicide
servant
mother-in-law
Als ich tot war

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

The English title on this file is the censored German title, not a translation of Als ich tot war.
Lubitsch is the husband, not only the director.
Falkenstein is the other billed lead.
The listed length is 36 minutes.