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The Green Emperor
Directed byPaul Mundorf
Written byHans Meddin (novel)
Frank Thiess
Géza von Cziffra
Produced byKarl Schulz
StarringGustav Diessl
Carola Höhn
René Deltgen
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byAxel von Werner
Music byHans Ebert
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
13 February 1939
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Green Emperor (German: Der grüne Kaiser) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Paul Mundorf and starring Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn and René Deltgen It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939.

Synopsis

A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Waldman p.59

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

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