''The Brenken Case'' (German: ''Der Fall Brenken'') is a 1934 German

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crime film directed by

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and starring

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor S ...

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and

Rudolf Klein-Rogge Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's ...

.Noack p.73 The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) ...

and Alexander Mügge.

Synopsis

An attack on the industrialist owner of the Brenken factory draws newspaper headlines. It later transpires that he has organised it himself in order to try to deter rivals from buying his company's shares on the stock exchange.

Cast

as Generaldirektor Hermann Brenken, Industrieller *

as Hans Hall, Berichterstatter *

as Bert Benson, Artist *

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 ...

as Inge Brandt, Schauspielerin *

Jessie Vihrog Jessie Vihrog (19 October 1906 – 1 January 1996) was a South African-born German film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Wrong Husband'' (1931) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1931) * ''Contest'' (1932) * ''The Ladies Diplomat'' (1932) * ''Thi ...

as Lotte Menzig, Telephonistin *

Trude Hesterberg Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''The Rosentopf Case'' (1918) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) ...

as Fräulein Bomst, Direktrice Gussersee-Hotel * Franz Weber as Alois Huber, Nachtportier Gussersee-Hotel * Hans Berghaus as Der Tagportier Gussersee-Hotel *

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film '' Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversia ...

as Der Unbekannte *

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Ne ...

as Die Frau Generalin

References

Bibliography

* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* 1934 films 1930s crime comedy films German crime comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karel Lamač German black-and-white films 1934 comedy films Films scored by Eduard Künneke 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub