''The Deruga Case'' (german: Der Fall Deruga) is a 1938 German

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directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies ra ...

Geraldine Katt Geraldine Kattnig (4 February 1920 – 9 November 1995) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1936 to 1951. Selected filmography References External links

* 1920 births 1995 deaths Austrian film actress ...

and

Dagny Servaes Dagny Servaes (10 March 1894 – 10 July 1961) was a German-Austrian stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in the productions of Max ReinhardtStyan p.89 and Berthold Brecht. Servaes appeared in around sixty films during her career, ...

. It is based on the 1917 novel of the same title by

Ricarda Huch Ricarda Huch (; 18 July 1864 – 17 November 1947) was a pioneering German intellectual. Trained as an historian, and the author of many works of European history, she also wrote novels, poems, and a play. Asteroid 879 Ricarda is named in her hon ...

. It was shot at the

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.Klaus p.55 The film's sets were designed by the

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s Wilhelm Depenau and

Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He wor ...

Cast

as Dr. Stefan Deruga *

Geraldine Katt Geraldine Kattnig (4 February 1920 – 9 November 1995) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1936 to 1951. Selected filmography References External links

* 1920 births 1995 deaths Austrian film actress ...

as Baroness Mingo Truschkowitz *

as Baronin Truschkowitz *

Georg Alexander Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Personal life He was married ...

as Baron Truschkowitz *

Käthe Haack Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Li ...

as Marta Schwertfeger * Claire Winter as Ursula Züger *

Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murd ...

as Justizrat Dr. Klemm *

Erich Fiedler Erich Fiedler (15 March 1901 – 19 May 1981) was a German film actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Robert Morley. Selected filmography * ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * '' Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (1933 ...

as Dr. Schelling *

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * ''Ich suche Di ...

as Landgerichtsvorsitzender Dr. Zeunemann *

Walter Franck Walter Franck (16 April 1896 – 10 August 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in 32 films between 1926 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Master of the World'' (1934) * '' The Island'' (1934) * '' Escapade'' (1936) * ''Stronger Tha ...

as Senior Prosecutor *

Ernst Karchow Ernst Karchow (1892–1953) was a German stage and film actor.Youngkin p.432 Selected filmography * '' Lotte'' (1928) * '' We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * ''Inge and the Millions'' (193 ...

as Prosecutor Dr. Noth *

Erika von Thellmann Erika von Thellmann (1902–1988) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career.Fritsche p.254 Selected filmography * '' The Stone Rider'' (1923) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) *'' The Gr ...

as Therese Klinkhardt *

Roma Bahn Roma Bahn (1896–1975) was a German stage and film actress.Fuegi p.201 On stage she was notable for her performances as Polly in the original 1928 production of ''The Threepenny Opera''. In cinema she played supporting roles in films made during ...

as Valeska Durich *

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...

as Hofrat Dr. Mäulchen *

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

as Verzelli *

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 Professor Vandermühl *

Oscar Sabo Oscar Sabo (29 August 1881, in Vienna – 2 May 1969, in Berlin) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''The False Dimitri'' (1922) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) * '' The Span ...

as Hausmeister Schulz * Beppo Brem as Friseur Alfinger * Walter Albrecht as 1. Geschworener *

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as 1. Gerichtswachtmeister *

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as 2 Geschworener * Loulou Daenner as 2. Journalistin *

Jac Diehl JAC or Jac may refer to: Businesses *JAC Liner, a Philippine bus company * JAC Motors, a Chinese automobile manufacturer *Japan Air Commuter airline (ICAO: JAC) Organizations * JAC (football club), a football club from Libreville, Gabon *Japanes ...

as Justizwachtmeister *

Josefine Dora Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Selected f ...

as Garderobiere *

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 ...

as Sachverständiger * Wilhelm Große as 6. Geschworener * Christine Großmann as 1. Journalistin * Kurt Hagen as 2. Gerichtswachtmeister *

Bruno Klockmann Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...

as 3. Geschworener * William Leo as Protokollführer *

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as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung * Guenther Markert as 2. Journalist * Otto Marle as 4. Geschworener *

Edith Meinhard Edith Meinhard was a German actress who appeared in more than fifty films during her career including the 1929 film ''Diary of a Lost Girl''. Life and Work Little is known about Edith Meinhard, although in the 1930s she was one of the busiest ac ...

as Serviererin * Hugo Meissl as Prozesszeichner * Hans Nerking as 1. Beisitzer * Alfred Pussert as 3. Journalist *

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 Kriminalbeamter * Leo Reiter as 5. Geschworener *

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as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung * Jutta Sabo as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung * Ernst Albert Schaach Diener Fredrich *

Willi Schaeffers Willi Schaeffers (1884–1962) was a German film actor and cabaret performer.Jelavich p.246 Selected filmography * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * '' A Blackmailer's Trick'' (1921) * '' Nameless Woman'' (1927) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * '' Kiki' ...

as Privatdetektiv * Walter Schenk as 4. Journalist * S.O. Schoening as 2. Beisitzer * Wera Schultz as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung * Alfred Stratmann as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung = * Tommy Thomas as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung * Bruno Tillessen as Gast im Café *

Egon Vogel Egon Vogel (1908–1993) was a German stage, television and film actor.Giesen p.190 A character actor he amassed over a hundred credits during his career, some of them in minor parts. Selected filmography Film * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * '' The Der ...

as 5. Journalist *

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as 1. Journalist *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Riedmüller *

Walter Werner Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links * 1883 births 1956 deaths German male film actor ...

as Sanitätsrat Dr. Gürtner

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Moeller, Felix. ''The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich''. Axel Menges, 2000.

External links

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