''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German

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directed by

Herbert Selpin Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic'', during the production of which h ...

and starring Hans Albers,

Toni von Bukovics Toni von Bukovics (1882–1970) was an Austrian stage and film actress 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 media ...

and

Peter Voß Peter Voß (29 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was a German film actor. Partial filmography * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) - Rekrut Dirmoser * '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) - Edward Whymper * ''Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin'' ...

. A tough

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policeman is sent to the Mexican–American border on a dangerous mission. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.Hull p.145 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Paul Markwitz Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and ...

and

Fritz Maurischat Fritz Maurischat (April 27, 1893 in Berlin – December 11, 1986) was a German production designer. He made his film debut in 1924. Over the next 38 years, he worked on over 70 films, all of them in his native Germany. He earned an Oscar nominati ...

Cast

* Hans Albers as Sergeant Mecki Berry *

as Berry's mother *

as Oberst Turner *

Edwin Jürgensen Edwin Max Eduard Jürgensen (24 May 1898 – 1 April 1947) was a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1944. Selected filmography References External links * 1898 births 1947 deaths German male film actors ...

as Madison * Gerd Höst as Amely Madison *

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 Evans *

Alexander Engel Alexander Engel, birth name: Kurt Engel (4 June 1902 – 25 July 1968) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1968. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He chose the sta ...

as Gomez *

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected fil ...

as Don Antonio de Garcia * Herma Relin as Ramona *

Werner Scharf Werner Scharf (19 September 1905 – 30 April 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1929 and 1945. Personal life Scharf served in the ''Volkssturm'' during the Second World War and was killed in action on 30 A ...

as Don José *

Erich Ziegel Erich Ziegel (26 August 1876 – 30 November 1950) was a German theatre director and actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1920 to 1950. He was the founder of the Hamburg Kammerspiele. Selected filmography References External ...

as Consul Erasmus Smith *

Hanni Weisse Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942. Biogra ...

as the consul's wife *

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 Carlo * Kurt Seifert as Chief of Police Alcalde *

Hertha von Walther Hertha von Walther (born Hertha Stern und Walter von Monbary, 12 June 1903 – 12 April 1987) was a German film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1921 and 1983. Biography Hertha von Walther was born Hertha Stern und Walther von Monb ...

as Juanita *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The King of Pa ...

as ein Grenzpolizeiinspektor * Annemarie Schreiner as Zofe Ramonas * Toni Färber as US-Grenzbeamter *

Friedrich Gnaß Friedrich Gnaß (13 November 1892 – 8 May 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1929 and 1958. Partial filmography * '' Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Matrose / The Sailor * ''Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' ...

as Chicago-Gangsterboss Duffy *

Fred Goebel Fred Goebel (3 April 1891 – 16 May 1964) was a German film actor. He was born as Walter Goebel and was sometimes credited as Fred Selva-Goebel. Selected filmography * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' The Dance of Death'' (1919) * '' Bett ...

as Hotel Porter * Reginald Pasch as Schmuggler Blandy *

Louis Ralph Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director. He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68. Selected filmography * ''D ...

as Gangster *

Arthur Reinhardt Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor.Kay Weniger Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people ...

as Schmuggler Big *

Arnulf Schröder Arnulf Schröder (born Munich, June 13, 1903 - died there, December 22, 1960) was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin. Selected filmo ...

as Pedro, Alcaldes Assistant * Heinz Wemper as the chief of the gangster *

Manfred Meurer Manfred Meurer (8 September 1919 – 22 January 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 65 aerial victories claimed in 130 combat missions making him the fifth most successful night f ...

as Don Antonios Angestellter * Helmuth Heyne as ein Raufbold * Jac Diehl as ein Hotelgast *

Mohamed Husen Bayume Mohamed Husen (born Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed; 22 February 1904 – 24 November 1944) was an Afro-German soldier, actor and victim of Nazi persecution. Husen, the son of a former askari officer, served together with his father in World War I ...

as the Chicago nightclub patron *

Louis Brody Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter. Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon. His career began in the 1 ...

as Berry's neighbor

References

Bibliography

* Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933–1945''. University of California Press, 1969.

External links

* 1938 films German adventure comedy films German Western (genre) comedy films 1930s Western (genre) comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Herbert Selpin Films set in Chicago Films set in Mexico Films set in the United States Films based on German novels Films of Nazi Germany Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s adventure comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub