The Yellow Flag

The Yellow Flag
The Yellow Flag
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	(novel); ; ;
Produced by	Franz Vogel
Starring	Hans Albers; Olga Tschechowa; Dorothea Wieck;
Cinematography	Franz Koch
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production; company	Euphono-Film
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	12 October 1937
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Tschechowa and Dorothea Wieck.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia.

Synopsis[]

An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems. Later he is able to go to the rescue of the survivors including the American journalist Helen Roeder whom he is in love with.

Cast[]

Hans Albers as Peter Diercksen - ehemaliger Flieger
Olga Tschechowa as Helen Roeder - amerikanische Journalistin
Dorothea Wieck as Krankenschwester Dolores
as Alfred Gesekius - Plantagenbesitzer
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Kapitän Ellis
Arthur Schröder as Benthley, Erster Offizier
as Dr. Rusby, Arzt
as Tobi, Steward
Aribert Wäscher as Ramón Orveda - Kommandant Quarantäne-Station
Alexander Engel as Dr. Martinez - Arzt - Quarantäne-Station
Hugo Werner-Kahle as Dr. Perez, Vertrauensarzt der Regierung
as Professor Cameron - Expeditionsleiter
as Dr. MacHugh - sein Assistenz
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Major Bachmair - Kommandant Hilfsexpedition
Lissy Arna as Halbweltdame Pandorita
Margit Symo as Halbweltdame Lu
Else Ehser as Gloria Sanders
Jutta Jol as Ines - Krankenschwester
Karl Hannemann as Hotelportier
Manfred Meurer as Sergeant Rossi
as Dietrichsen
as Arzt
as Mann in der Tingel-Tangel-Bar
as Telefonierende Dame
Angelo Ferrari as Begleiter der telefonierenden Dame
as Naturbursche
as Junge Frau
as Schiffspassagier
as Soldat
as Tavernenwirt
as Junge Frau
as Barmann
as Köchin
as Mexikanische Magd
as Schiffspassagierin
as Junger Soldat
as Schiffspassagier
Viggo Larsen as Mexikanischer Ständchensänger
as Älterer Soldat
Hermann Pfeiffer as Spielkasinodirektor
as Schiffssteward
as Junger Soldat
Ludwig Schwarz as Zweifelhafter Kavalier
as Schiffspassagier
as Spieler und Zuschauer am Spieltisch
Erik von Loewis as Schiffssteward

References[]

^ Rentschler p.281

Bibliography[]

Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links[]

The Yellow Flag at IMDb

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[1] Rentschler p.281

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