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The Man Who Murdered
''The Man Who Murdered'' (german: Der Mann, der den Mord beging) is a 1931 German crime drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George.Grange p. 357 It is adapted from the play by Pierre Frondaie. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Hermann Warm. Location filming took place in Istanbul. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The following year a separate English version, '' Stamboul'', was made. Cast * Conrad Veidt as Marquis de Sévigné * Trude von Molo as Lady Falkland * Heinrich George as Lord Falkland * Friedl Haerlin as Lady Edith * Frida Richard as Lady Foult * Friedrich Kayßler as Mehmed Pascha * Gregori Chmara as Prince Cernuwicz * Erich Ponto as Boucher - franz. Gesandter * Hans-Joachim Möbis as Terrail * Yvette Rodin as Mme. Terrail * Rolf Drucker as George Falkland - Sohn * Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Bernhardt
Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a Jewish film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. He trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1924, with ''Nameless Heroes (film), Nameless Heroes''. Other films include ''A Stolen Life (1946 film), A Stolen Life'' (1946) and ''Sirocco (film), Sirocco'' (1951). Bernhardt made films in Germany from 1925 until 1933, when he was forced to flee the Third Reich — who briefly had him arrested — because he was Jews, Jewish. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Cinema of the United States, Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. He produced and directed his last Hollywood picture, ''Kisses for My President'' (1964), about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. He is interred at Glendale, California, Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Forest Lawn Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |