''Freight from Baltimore'' (german: Fracht von Baltimore) is a 1938 German

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directed by

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and starring

Hilde Weissner Hilde Weissner (3 July 1909 – 30 May 1987) was a German actress. Life and career Born on 3 July 1909 in Stettin, Germany (in what is, today, Szczecin, Poland), Hilde Weissner made her theatrical acting debut at the Schiller-Theatre in Hamburg ...

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, and

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 m ...

. Interiors were shot at the

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.Klaus p.60 The film's sets were designed by the

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s and

Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther ...

. It was partly shot on location at the

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Cast

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. *

External links

* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1938 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans Hinrich Terra Film films Films shot in Hamburg Seafaring films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub