A Hoax (German: Schabernack) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, and Hans Moser.

The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

[2] A hotel is financially struggling until the nearby lunatic asylum is forced to close following a fire and all the patients are relocated to the hotel.

Confusion arises when a newly arrived hotel guest is mistaken for a lunatic.

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