''Doctor Crippen Lives'' (german: Dr. Crippen lebt) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by

Erich Engels Erich Engels (23 May 1889 – 25 April 1971) was a German screenwriter, producer and film director. He should not be confused with another contemporary German director Erich Engel.Bock & Bergfelder p.112 Selected filmography * ''Dear Homeland'' ...

and starring

Elisabeth Müller Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress. Filmography References External links * 1926 births 2006 deaths Swiss film actresses 20th-century Swiss actresses Actors from Basel-Stadt {{Switzerlan ...

, Peter van Eyck and

Fritz Tillmann Fritz Tillmann (December 13, 1910 – October 30, 1986) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) - Fritz Rottmann * '' The Council of the Gods'' (1950) - Dr. Hans Scholz * '' Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - Dr ...

.Davidson & Hake p.237 It was made at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ...

Real Film Real Film or Real-Film was a West German film production company. It was established in 1947 in Hamburg, then part of the British Zone of Occupation. Its founders were Walter Koppel and the Hungarian Gyula Trebitsch. The company released some rub ...

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

Dieter Bartels Dieter Bartels (28 March 1920 – 3 September 2010) was a German art director. He is sometimes credited as F. Dieter Bartels.Sweeney p.190 Selected filmography * '' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1954) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) * '' Lost Chi ...

. The most successful film of director

was ''

Doctor Crippen Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife Co ...

'' (1942), a film about

Hawley Harvey Crippen Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife Co ...

. The 1958 film ''Doctor Crippen Lives'' has no relation to the 1942 film or to the case of Hawley Harvey Crippen.

Cast

as Fleur Blanchard * Peter van Eyck as Kriminalkommissar Léon Ferrier *

as Kriminalinspektor Steen * Carl Lange as Aristide Coq, Buchhändler *

Günter Pfitzmann Günter Pfitzmann (8 April 1924 – 30 May 2003) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 60 films between 1950 and 2001. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Only One Night'' (1950) * ''All Clues Lead ...

as Pierre, Kriminalassistent *

Inge Meysel Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on televisio ...

as Delphine, Haushälterin *

Katharina Mayberg Katharina Mayberg (1925–2007) was a German film and television actress. Partial filmography * ''Gaspary's Sons'' (1948) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * '' The Marriage of Figaro'' (1949) - Barbarina * ''Theodore the Goalkeep ...

as Maja, malaisische Studentin *

Hans Zesch-Ballot Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...

as Prosecutor *

Robert Meyn Robert Meyn (16 January 1896 – 2 March 1972) was a German stage, film and television actor.Fehrenbach p.103 Partial filmography * '' The Sinner'' (1951) - Von Hernsdorf - Marinas Stiefvater / Marina's Stepfather * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (19 ...

as Chefinspektor Smith *

Hans Stiebner Hans Stiebner (19 November 1898 – 27 March 1958) was a German actor. Steibner was born in Vetschau, Germany as Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Paul Stiebner. He died in 1958 in Baden-Baden, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Grand Duk ...

as Lung, chinesischer Steward * Richard Münch as Reverend Bennet *

Werner Schumacher Werner Schumacher (born 4 May 1921 in Berlin - died 18 April 2004 in Vienna) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1986 he starred in the Süddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. Selected filmography * ''D ...

* Manfred Steffen * Howard Vernon * Heinz Klingenberg *

Fred Raul Fred Raul (March 20, 1913 – August 25, 1985), born Alois Greschitz, was an Austrian actor of Hungarian ethnicity. He was best known for his marriage in 1968 to actress Marika Rökk, to whom he remained married until his death in 1985. Raul was ...

as *

Benno Gellenbeck Benno may refer to: People Mononym * (927–940), saint * (1049–1061) *Benno I of Osnabrück (bishop, 1052–1067) *Benno of Meissen (bishop, 1066–1106), saint *Benno II of Osnabrück (bishop, 1068–1088) *Benno of Santi Martino e Silvestro ( ...

Friedrich Schütter Friedrich Schütter (1921–1995) was a German film and television actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Lorne Greene. Selected filmography * ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (1955) * '' The Heart of St. Pauli'' (1957) * '' Doctor Crippen Lives' ...

as Polizist * Hermann Kner *

Günther Jerschke Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Pour le Mérite'' (1938) - Adjutant des Kommandeurs der Flieger * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (1951) - Inspizient * '' Under the Tho ...

as Gendarm *

Karl Heinz Wüpper Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

* Reiner Brönneke

References

Bibliography

* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1958 films 1958 crime films German crime films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engels Real Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub