Mary (1931 film)

Mary
The film's title card
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Written by	Clemence Dane Helen de Guerry Simpson Alma Reville Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren
Starring	Alfred Abel Olga Tschechowa
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Distributed by	British International Pictures (UK) Sud-Film (Germany)
Release date	2 March 1931 (1931-03-02)
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	Weimar Republic United Kingdom
Language	German

Mary (1931) is a UK-German co-production film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the German language version of Hitchcock's Murder! (1930), shot simultaneously on the same sets with German speaking actors. The film is based on the play Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson, and stars Alfred Abel and Olga Tschechowa. Miles Mander reprises his role as Gordon Druce from Murder!, though the character's name was changed to Gordon Moore.

Cast

• Alfred Abel as Sir John Menier
• Olga Tschechowa as Mary Baring
• Paul Graetz as Bobby Brown
• Lotte Stein as Bebe Brown
• Hermine Sterler as Miss Miller
• Ekkehard Arendt as Handel Fane
• Miles Mander as Gordon Moore
• John Mylong as John Stuart

Home media

Mary was long thought to have been lost and was not legally available on any video format until 21 April 2006, when the film was released as a bonus feature on a German DVD release of Murder! Two months later, on 20 June 2006, it was also released on a French DVD of Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn.

External links

• Mary at IMDb