In the Name of the People (1939 film)
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Directed by | Erich Engels |
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Cinematography | Walter Riml |
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Production company | Terra Film |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | 410,000 Reichsmarks |
In the Name of the People (German: Im Namen des Volkes) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, Fritz Kampers, and Rolf Weih.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.
Synopsis[]
A dangerous criminal, just released from jail in England, goes on a violent spree robbing motorists on the roads of Bavaria.
Cast[]
- Rudolf Fernau as Alfred Hübner
- as Kellnerin Barbara
- Fritz Kampers as Fritz Hartmann
- Ellen Bang as Lola Larsen
- Rolf Weih as Kommissar Werner
- Reinhold Bernt as Bruno Mielke
- Ilse Fürstenberg as Else Hartmann
- Christian Gollong as Kriminalassistent Schmittchen
- Albert Florath as Gastwirt Buggisch
- Walter Steinbeck as Kriminalrat Brüning
- Franz Nicklisch as Franz Buggisch
- Rudolf Platte as Max
- Erich Dunskus as Kommissar Weber
- as Ganove Oskar
- Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Paul Mederow as Jurist
- as junger Mann
- Ethel Reschke as Begleiterin des jungen Mannes
- as Zuschauer bei Großrazzia
- Walter Gross as Egon
- Else Reval as Egons Beifahrerin
- as Postbeamter
- as Wachtmeister
- Berthold Ebbecke as Kriminalassistent
- Werner Pledath as Bayerischer Polizeibeamter
- as Polizeibeamter
- as Dealer Hulke
- Gerhard Dammann as Gastwirt Franz
- as Zuschauerin bei Großrazzia
- Fred Goebel as Schupo
- as Mechaniker
- as Bayerischer Wachtmeister
- as Englischer Kriminalinspektor
- as Frau
- Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Amerikanischer Geschäftsmann
- as Bardame
- as Bayerischer Wachtmeister
- as Kriminalbeamter
- as Zuschauerin bei Großrazzia
- as Assistant des Juristen
- as Wachtmeister
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 536
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1939 films
- German-language films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German crime films
- 1939 crime films
- German films
- Terra Film films
- Films directed by Erich Engels
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Films set in Bavaria
- 1930s German film stubs