The Double (1934 film)

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The Double
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Directed byE. W. Emo
Written by
  • Edgar Wallace (novel)
  • Curt J. Braun
  • Henry Koster
Produced by
  •  [de]
  • Karel Lamac
Starring
  • Georg Alexander
  • Camilla Horn
  • Gerda Maurus
Cinematography
Edited byElla Ensink
Music byLeo Leux
Production
company
Ondra-Lamac-Film
Release date
  • 14 February 1934 (1934-02-14)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Double (German: Der Doppelgänger) is a 1934 German crime comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Georg Alexander, Camilla Horn, and Gerda Maurus. It was the last Edgar Wallace adaptation made in Germany before the Second World War.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.

Cast[]

  • Georg Alexander as Harry Selsbury
  • Camilla Horn as Jenny Miller
  • Gerda Maurus as Germaine de Roche
  • Theo Lingen as Detektiv Superbus
  • Fritz Odemar as Trentner, Diener bei Harry Selsbury
  • Jakob Tiedtke as Mr. Miller
  • Josef Eichheim as Raimondo Dempsi
  • as Bobby Selsbury
  • Willi Schur
  • Franz Weber
  • Michael von Newlinsky

References[]

  1. ^ Bergfelder, p. 145.

Bibliography[]

  • Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.

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