''The Green Emperor'' (german: Der grüne Kaiser) is a 1939 German

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directed by Paul Mundorf and starring

Gustav Diessl Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor. Biography Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar Diessl in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruite ...

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * '' The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * ''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

and René Deltgen. It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel.Waldman p. 59 The film's sets were designed by the

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Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939.

Synopsis

A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive.

Cast

as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius *

as Joana Martinez * René Deltgen as Jan Karsten * Ellen Bang as Eva Latour *

Aribert Wäscher Aribert Wäscher (1 December 1895 – 14 December 1961) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * ''The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' T ...

as Bankier Vandermer * Hilde Hildebrand as Nora * Paul Westermeier as Hoyens * Alexander Engel as Sekretär Favard * Albert Hörrmann as Marcel Carraux * Hans Leibelt as Picard *

Hans Halder Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

as Bankiert Jaquine *

Otto Matthies Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Agent van't Hoff * Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender im 2. Prozeß * Edwin Jürgensen as Prosecutor in the first trial * Franz Schafheitlin as Prosecutor in the second trial *

Erwin Biegel Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel (25 March 1896 – 24 May 1954) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''The Young Count'' (1935) * '' His Late Exce ...

as Diener Pieter auf der Fazenda *

Ilse Trautschold Ilse Trautschold (27 February 1906 – 17 May 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in 45 films and television shows between 1929 and 1983. Selected filmography * '' Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) * ''The Empress's Favouri ...

as Hoysens Sekretärin * Ingolf Kuntze as Gerichtsvorsitzender im 1. Prozeß * Siegfried Schürenberg as Defense lawyer *

Bruno Hübner Bruno Hübner (1899–1983) was an Austrian film and television actor known for his work in Germany.Goble p.412 He was born in Reichenberg then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which later became part of Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * ''Pu ...

as Geschworener * Aribert Grimmer as Geschworener * Walther Süssenguth as Geschworener * Eric Helgar as Singender Arbeiter auf der Fazenda * Erich Fiedler as Reporter

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* 1939 films 1939 crime films German crime films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films set in South America Films set in London UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub