by Eleanor Mannikka
synopsis
An uneven comedy that opens well and then slows down, Der Teufel Hat Gut Lachen features three tramps, Barbarossa (Max Haufler), Clown (Ruedi Walter), and Duerst (Zarli Garigist). The hoboes are leading a fairly carefree life considering their extreme poverty, but when the Devil appears to tempt them with a stash of cash they forget their present happiness and snatch it up. The new-found fortune leads them first into one adventure and then another, and all the while their bankroll is inexorably unrolling. It looks like the trio are heading right back to their starting line.
