''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 Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life ...

, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. 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 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

as Sergeant Mecki Berry * Toni von Bukovics as Berry's mother * Peter Voß 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 Gerd or GERD may refer to: * Gerd (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Gerd (moon), a moon of Saturn * Gerd Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica * Gastroesophageal reflux disease, a chronic symptom of mucosal damage ...

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 stag ...

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 as Don José * Erich Ziegel 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 Kurt Seifert (4 July 1903 – 3 December 1950) was a German actor, singer, comedian, and in his later years, theatre director. Seifert was known as an operetta singer.O'Brien p.32 From 1934 onwards he appeared in a significant number of feature f ...

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 Par ...

as ein Grenzpolizeiinspektor *

Annemarie Schreiner Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 1960 ...

as Zofe Ramonas *

Toni Färber Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name. In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio, Ante or Anttoni. In Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian ...

as US-Grenzbeamter * Friedrich Gnaß as Chicago-Gangsterboss Duffy * Fred Goebel as Hotel Porter *

Reginald Pasch Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning ":wikt:quee ...

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 * ''Di ...

as Gangster *

Arthur Reinhardt Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor. Kay Weniger: ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films'', Bd. 6., N - R : Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, He appeared in more than sixty ...

as Schmuggler Big * Arnulf Schröder as Pedro, Alcaldes Assistant *

Heinz Wemper Heinz Wemper (8 June 1903 – 15 May 1985) was a German actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1929 and 1943. Selected filmography * ''The Ship of Lost Souls'' (1929) * ''Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' Gold'' (1934) * '' Police Report'' ( ...

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 nigh ...

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