Der Sonderling (1929)

The eccentric Karl Valentin works as a journeyman for master tailor Kuhn. He suffers from the unwanted advances of his master’s wife. She secretly pastes the coveted stamp he has long wanted into the album of the passionate stamp collector. When a customer has the money needed for a purchase stolen, Valentin is mistakenly arrested as the thief. This severely upsets his emotional equilibrium. Although he is released, he wants to commit suicide. He makes several suicide attempts, all of which fail for technical reasons. He places a chair on a table and sits on it to poison himself with gas from the gas lamp. But the gas has been turned off. The rope is too short for him to hang himself. However, he refuses a motorcycle ride with his amorous master’s wife: “I’m not suicidal!”