The Daredevil

The Daredevil
The Daredevil
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Written by	(novel); ; Richard Eichberg;
Produced by	Richard Eichberg; Joseph Than;
Starring	Hans Albers; Gerda Maurus; Mártha Eggerth;
Cinematography	Heinrich Gartner; Bruno Mondi;
Edited by	Willy Zeunert
Music by	Hans May
Production; company	Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	26 November 1931;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Daredevil (German: Der Draufgänger) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Mártha Eggerth.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Minzloff and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot on location in Hamburg and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Eichberg's assistant director was Géza von Cziffra.

Synopsis[]

A Port of Hamburg policeman, known by his colleagues as "The Daredevil" because of his propensity for action, rescues a young woman from the water. She appears to be connected with an American millionaire whose yacht is cruising off shore.

Cast[]

Hans Albers as Hans Röder, Hafenpolizist
Sigurd Lohde as Fred Patterson, ein reicher Amerikaner
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as George Brown aka Mac Born
Gerda Maurus as Gloria - seine Freundin
Mártha Eggerth as Trude, Animierreiterin
as Parker, Browns Komplize
Reinhold Bernt as Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom
Leonard Steckel as Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom
Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Pahlke, Inhaberin Artistenpension
Eugen Burg as Andersen, Kriminalkommissar
Senta Söneland as Fräulein Schönholz, Kriminalbeamtin
Alfred Beierle as Martin Timm, Hafenpolizist

References[]

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 105

Bibliography[]

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links[]

The Daredevil at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 105

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