''The Green Domino'' (German: ''Der grüne Domino'') is a 1935 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 Brigitte Horney,

Karl Ludwig Diehl Karl Ludwig Diehl (14 August 1896 – 8 March 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957. His father was Karl Diehl, the German professor of Anarchism. Filmography * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) ...

and

Theodor Loos Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in L ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location in

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around

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and the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and

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. It is based on the novel ''Der Fall Claasen'' by

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. A separate French-language version '' Le Domino vert'' was also produced, directed by Selpin and Henri Decoin but featuring a different cast.Rentschler p.287

Cast

* Brigitte Horney as Ellen Fehling / Marianne Fehling *

as Dr. Bruck *

as Herr von Falck *

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as Frau von Falck * Waldemar Leitgeb as Dr. Nohl *

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as Theres *

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 Herr Fehling * Eduard Wesener as Herr Pollnow *

Alice Treff Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' ...

as Lilly Bruck *

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 Mur ...

as Justizrat Lorenz *

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 Lulu Mielke *

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as Bildhauer Nebel *

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as Aloys *

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as Ellmos * Adolf Fischer as Maurer *

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *'' The Green Domino'' (1 ...

as Ansager * Inka Adrian *

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* Dorrit Merryll * Alfred Walter

References

Bibliography

* Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933-1945''. University of California Press, 1969. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1935 drama films 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films directed by Herbert Selpin Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films based on German novels Films shot in Bavaria UFA GmbH films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub de:Der grüne Domino