The Island (1934 film)

The Island
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Harald Bratt (play) Emil Burri
Produced by	Karl Ritter
Starring	Brigitte Helm Willy Fritsch Hubert von Meyerinck
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Willy Zeyn
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	30 August 1934 (1934-08-30)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Island (German: Die Insel) is a 1934 German thriller film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch and Hubert von Meyerinck.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Benno von Arent. Location shooting took place on the coast of Dalmatia. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin in August 1934. A separate French version Vers l'abîme was also released.

Cast

• Brigitte Helm as Kari
• Willy Fritsch as Raak, Handelsattaché
• Otto Treßler as Der Botschafter
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Graf Squeelen, erster Botschaftsrat
• Georg H. Schnell as Hollen, zweiter Botschaftsrat
• Heinz von Cleve as Kapitän Rist, Militärattaché
• Günther Lüders as Barrick, Presseattaché
• Erich Walter as Kraver, Beamter der Botschaft
• Walter Franck as Minister
• Herbert Gernot as Sekretär des Ministers
• Franz Weber as Führer der Handelsdelegation
• Ernst Rotmund as Kommissar Ascunto
• Karl Hannemann as Kriminalbeamter
• Françoise Rosay as Silvia
• Andrews Engelmann as Der Namenlose
• Harry Hardt as Autohändler
• Hans Leibelt as Bankdirektor
• Kurt Seifert as Der Korpulente
• Aribert Wäscher as Geldverleiher

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

• The Island at IMDb