''The Daredevil'' (german: Der Draufgänger) is a 1931 German
crime film directed by
Richard Eichberg
Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germ ...
and starring
Hans Albers,
Gerda Maurus and
Mártha Eggerth.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 105]
The film's sets were designed by the
art directors Hans Minzloff
Hans Minzloff (1890–1962) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171
Selected filmography
* '' Our Heavenly Bodies'' (1925)
* '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925)
* ''Carnival Magic'' (1927)
* '' The Insurmountable'' (1928)
* '' The Circus Princes ...
and
Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follo ...
. It was shot
on location in
Hamburg
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and at the
Johannisthal Studios
The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Joha ...
in
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 ...
. Eichberg's
assistant director was
Géza von Cziffra
Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter.
Life
Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungar ...
.
Synopsis
A
Port of Hamburg policeman, known by his colleagues as "The Daredevil" because of his propensity for action, rescues a young woman from the water. She appears to be connected with an American millionaire whose yacht is cruising off shore.
Cast
*
Hans Albers as Hans Röder, Hafenpolizist
*
Sigurd Lohde
Sigurd Lohde (1899–1977) was a German film and television actor.Youngkin p.457
Selected filmography
* ''The Daredevil'' (1931)
* ''The Leap into the Void'' (1932)
* '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' (1932)
* '' Tannenberg'' (1932)
* '' The Big Bluf ...
as Fred Patterson, ein reicher Amerikaner
*
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (6 March 1886 – 13 May 1960) was a German film actor.
Early life
Stahl-Nachbaur was born in Munich, Germany and died at age 74 in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil'' (1917)
* ''Das ...
as George Brown aka Mac Born
*
Gerda Maurus as Gloria - seine Freundin
*
Mártha Eggerth as Trude, Animierreiterin
*
Fritz Klippel as Parker, Browns Komplize
*
Reinhold Bernt
Reinhold Bernt (19 December 1902 – 26 October 1981) was a German film actor.
Bernt was born Reinhold Bienert in Berlin and died in West Berlin.
Career
Bernt's acting career began in Stuttgart with a theater debut. Soon after, he traveled to B ...
as Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom
*
Leonard Steckel
Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor and director of stage and scr ...
as Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom
*
Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Pahlke, Inhaberin Artistenpension
*
Eugen Burg
Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers.
Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was b ...
as Andersen, Kriminalkommissar
*
Senta Söneland
Senta Söneland (9 September 1882 – 20 July 1934) was a German stage and film actress.Ball p.68
Selected filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Benjamin the Timid'' (1916)
* '' The King of Paris'' (1930)
* '' The Copper'' (1930)
* '' ...
as Fräulein Schönholz, Kriminalbeamtin
*
Alfred Beierle as Martin Timm, Hafenpolizist
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1931 films
1931 crime films
German crime films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Richard Eichberg
Films shot in Hamburg
Films set in Hamburg
Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
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