Counterfeiters (1940 film)

Counterfeiters
Counterfeiters
Directed by	Hermann Pfeiffer
Written by	Walter Maisch; Per Schwenzen;
Produced by	Eduard Kubat
Starring	Kirsten Heiberg; Rudolf Fernau; Karin Himboldt;
Cinematography	Walter Pindter
Edited by	Alexandra Anatra
Music by	Michael Jary
Production; company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	19 November 1940
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Counterfeiters (German: Falschmünzer) is a 1940 German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Rudolf Fernau and Karin Himboldt.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin, and on location in Tirol.

Cast[]

Kirsten Heiberg as Juliette Balouet, Betrügerin
Rudolf Fernau as Gaston de Frossard, Kopf der Fälscherbande
Karin Himboldt as Hanna, Kunstschülerin
Hermann Brix as Herbert Engelke, Grafiker
Theodor Loos as Professor Bassi
Hermann Speelmans as Karl Bergmann aka Harry Gernreich
Leo Peukert as Johann Weidling
Lutz Götz as Poppinger, Viehhändler
Axel Monjé as Obersturmführer Dr. Bradt, Kriminalkommissar
Max Gülstorff as Zeltlin, Kriminalinspektor aus Zürich
Ingeborg von Kusserow as Else Bornemann
Peter Elsholtz as Fälscher
Jakob Tiedtke as Papa Schmidt, Toilettenmann
Hans Stiebner as Nico, Fälscher
Oscar Sabo as Oskar, Komplize der Bande in Berlin
Bruno Hübner as Hubert Bonifatius, ein bekannter der Schwestern Lieb
Olga Engl as Antonie Lieb, Inhaberin des Schuhgeschäfts
Julia Serda as Elvira
as Juliette, Zofe auf Schloß Hohenegg
Franz Arzdorf as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
as Hoteldiener in Zürich
as Handlanger in der Fälscherbande
as Willy, der Kneipenwirt
Eduard Bornträger as Hotelportier
Erich Dunskus as Taxichauffeur
as Kriminalbeamter im Polizeilabor
as Hotelportier
Fred Goebel as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
as Kriminalbeamter, der Poppinger verhört
as Polizist am Revier
as Paketbote im Züricher Hotel
as Polizeibeamter in Uniform
Paul Mederow as Tomaselli, Kunstsammler
Michael von Newlinsky as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
Klaus Pohl as Straßenzeitungsverkäufer
as Polizist am Revier
as Weber, Techniker im Polizeilabor
as Kassierer im Hotel
Ewald Wenck as Taxichauffeur
as Obersturmführer Kluger der Berliner Kriminalpolizei
as Gast bei Tomaselli
Angelo Ferrari as Ein Mitglied der Fälscherbande
as Professor der Zeichenklasse
as Gast bei Tomaselli
as Gast bei Tomaselli
as Frau im Zeitungskiosk
as Ober im Hotelspeisesaal

References[]

^ Giesen p. 193

Bibliography[]

Rolf Giesen. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.

External links[]

Counterfeiters at IMDb

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[1] Giesen p. 193

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