''Ninety Minute Stopover'' (German: ''Neunzig Minuten Aufenthalt'') is a 1936 German

adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme ...

crime film directed by and starring

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...

. It also features

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 ...

Else von Möllendorff Else von Möllendorff (29 December 1913 – 28 July 1982) was a German film actress who appeared in a mixture of lead and supporting roles during the Nazi and post-war eras. Partial filmography * ''Ein falscher Fuffziger'' (1935) - Hilde Werne ...

and

Genia Nikolaieva Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy '' Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of supporting or minor r ...

. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios of

Tobis Film Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound studio. Tob ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

and On location in Lisbon.Klaus p.161-62 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and

Karl Vollbrecht 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 ...

Synopsis

police officer Harry Winkler stops off in Lisbon before his

ship A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished ...

sails to

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where he is to take parting a

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

tournament. He joins forces with his friend from Scotland Yard Conny Steven to help a young woman whose relative appears to have vanished and been replaced by another man.

Cast

as Harry Winkler *

as Conny Steven *

as Ilse Siebeck *

Elisabeth Eygk Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...

as Madeleine Ribail *

as Madame Clermont *

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 ...

Alberto Basto * Klaus Pohl as Ein Sekretär *

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

Kriminalkommissar Winkler *

Hugo Werner-Kahle Hugo Werner-Kahle (5 August 1882 – 1 May 1961) was a German stage and film actor (and sporadically, a movie director). He appeared in around a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Bracelet'' (191 ...

* Ernst Albert Schaach * Max Diekmann *

Paul Samson-Körner Paul Samson-Körner (13 November 1887 – 25 August 1942) was a German heavyweight boxer. After retiring he became a stage and film actor.Lyon p.51 Selected filmography * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * '' The Duty to Remain Silent' ...

* Franz Kossak *

Rolf Becker Rolf Becker (born 31 March 1935) is a German television actor and political activist. By his first wife, actress Monika Hansen, he is the father of actor Ben Becker, and actress and singer Meret Becker. Selected filmography * ''Widower with Five ...

* Kurt Hinz * Ruth Beyer * Ingeborg Carlsson *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

Peter Erkelenz Peter Erkelenz (12 September 1897 – April 1966) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Men Behind Bars'' (1931) * '' The Sea Ghost'' (1931) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * '' Dream of the Rhine'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (193 ...

References

Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1936 films Films of Nazi Germany German adventure films 1930s adventure films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Harry Piel 1930s German films German crime films 1936 crime films Films set in Lisbon Films shot in Lisbon {{1930s-Germany-film-stub de:90 Minuten Aufenthalt