This film is easily spotted as a DEFA production based on its slapstick style. In each that we have seen so far, there was a heavy reliance on physical humor, akin to our American 3 stooges. The audience, therefore, was likely a young adult audience, who could appreciate the adaptation of a simple and probably familiar storyline, as well as enjoy the crude-ish humor of the film. This sort of adaptation would likely only be effective in a visual medium, as opposed to written, and so this filmic rendition serves us well.