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and starring

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, Karlheinz Böhm, and Gertrud Kückelmann. The film's sets were designed by the

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. Location shooting took place in Dotzheim and

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Plot

Ivan Desny plays a disillusioned exile returning to Germany from the United States. The film centers around drug trafficking and the black market.

Cast

as Sergeant Hartwig * Karlheinz Böhm as Karl Hellmer * Gertrud Kückelmann as Franziska Hellmer *

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 Wenzeslaw Kolowrat * Elise Aulinger as Johanna Neureither *

Heinz Hilpert Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich. Selected filmography Actor * '' Nameless Heroes'' (1925) * '' Prinz Louis Ferdi ...

as Tonder * Ilse Fürstenberg as Mrs. Försterling *

Erich Ponto Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium ...

as Dr. Sierich *

Alexander Golling Alexander Golling (August 2, 1905 – February 26, 1989) was a German actor. Golling was a member of the Nazi Party.Hervé Dumont, ''Robert Siodmak: le maître du film noir'', L'Age D'Homme, 1981, p. 294 Selected filmography * ''Der stählerne ...

as Hamann *

Ethel Reschke Ethel Reschke (24 April 1911 – 5 June 1992) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1931 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931) * ''Paul and Pauline'' (1936) * ''By a ...

as Lola *Joachim Rake as Captain Tyler

Reception

Award nominations

* Karlheinz Böhm was nominated for the 1955 Bambi Award best German actor *

was nominated for the 1955 German Film Awards as best supporting actor

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