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directed by Karl Hartl and starring

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and Paul Kemp.Holmstrom p.206 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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and

Ernst Richter Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 18089 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in ...

Cast

as Doctor Käthe Nimrod *

as Ralph Beyron * Paul Kemp as Professor Melchior Quint *

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *'' The Green Domino'' (1 ...

as Direktor Winkelmann *

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as Irmgard Schmuck *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left sc ...

as Scharnagl *

Peer Schmidt Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Bel ...

as Carlo Linetti *

Wilfried Seyferth Wilfried Seyferth (21 April 1908 – 9 October 1954) was a German actor, perhaps best known for ''Decision Before Dawn''. He was married four times, to four actresses, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Tatjana Iwanow, Irene Naef and Lu Säuberlich. He died ...

as Generaldirektor Rabenfuß * Viktoria von Ballasko as Fräulein Canisius *

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as Rautenkranz * Eugen Dumont as Justizrat * Adi Lödel as Stift Toni *

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References

Bibliography

* John Holmstrom. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Michael Russell, 1996.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Karl Hartl Films shot at Bavaria Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub