The Orplid Mystery
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| Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
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| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
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| Cinematography | Werner Krien |
| Edited by | Johanna Meisel |
| Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
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| Distributed by | Allianz Filmverleih |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Orplid Mystery or Epilogue (Template:Lang-de) is a 1950 West German thriller film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, and O.E. Hasse.[1] The film did not perform well at the box office on its release.[2]
It was made at the Spandau Studios of CCC Films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.
Cast
- Horst Caspar as Reporter Peter Zabel
- Bettina Moissi as Malaienmädchen Leata
- O.E. Hasse as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
- Hans Leibelt as Cheflektor Kurt Beckmann
- Irene von Meyendorff as Christiane Bruckmann alias Conchita
- Hilde Hildebrand as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
- Jeanette Schultze as Lore Bruckmann, Conchitas Schwester
- Fritz Kortner as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
- Peter van Eyck as Steward Stefan Lund
- Hans Christian Blech as Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam
- Carl Raddatz as Pianist Aldo Siano
- Arno Assmann as Tänzer Ermanno
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Pastor Johannes Klappstein
- Paul Hörbiger as Musik-Clown 'The Great Teatch'
- Arno Paulsen as Mr. Hill
- Hans Stiebner as Der Koch
- Horst Hächler as Klaus von Werth, Freund des Bräutigams
- Gustav Püttjer as Kapitän Feddersen
- Rolf Heydel as Hans Toysen, Lores Freund
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Funker
- Horst Breitenfeld as Matrose
- Peter Marx as Maschinist
- Helmut Bautzmann as Matrose
- Rochus Langkau as Maschinist
- Claus Schulz as Schiffsjunge
- Camilla Spira as Pensionswirtin
- Blandine Ebinger as Sekretärin Auskunftsbüro
- Thea Thiele as Verkäuferin
- Traute Baumbach as Bardame
- Maria Besendahl as Schiffsjunge
- Helmuth Helsig as Drobitsch
- Erwin Biegel as Detektiv
- Harro ten Brook as Maler Phil Urban
- Adrian Hoven
- Curtis Kreuger
- Carl Kuhlmann
- Helmut Käutner as Meteorologe
- Willi Seemann as Funker 2
- Ilse Werner
References
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.
- Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2009). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-536-1.
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