Secret Code LB 17 (German: Geheimzeichen LB 17) is a 1938 German thriller film directed by Victor Tourjansky and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner and Bernhard Minetti.[1] It was made at the Babelsberg Studios outside Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski.
| Secret Code LB 17 | |
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| Directed by | Victor Tourjansky |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Otto Lehmann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
| Music by | Franz Grothe |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date | 7 August 1938 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis edit
The authorities attempt to track down a terrorist group who have assassinated the Minister of War. They soon begin to suspect they have a traitor in their own ranks.
Cast edit
- Willy Birgel as Captain Arvan Terno
- Hilde Weissner as Marya Dusanovich, alias Marja Dusan
- Bernhard Minetti as Club Manager Bjelinski
- Otto Wernicke as Police Commissar Borel
- René Deltgen as Lieutenant Robby Glawar
- Kirsten Heiberg as Singer
- Nicolas Koline as Drogan, the Commissar's aide
- Herbert Gernot as Senior Lt. Kowall
- Theodor Loos as The Prefect of Police
- Karl Günther as Vitruv - the Minister of War
- Fred Beckner as Marja's Dancing Partner
- Hildegard Busse as Marja's Guest
- Dima Detoor as Minister of War's Staff Officer
- Jac Diehl as Der Bühneninspizient der "Cascade"
- Heinz Dugall as Der Würstchendieb
- Erich Dunskus as Bahnbeamter
- Berthold Ebbecke as Der Adjutant des Kriegsministers
- Max Harry Ernst as Ein Gast in der Cascade während der Razzia
- Lucie Euler as Anna, Manja Dusans Garderobiere
- Adolf Fischer as Ein junger Proletarier am Würstchenstand
- Charles Francois as Ein Kellner beim Empfang
- Paul Ludwig Frey as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan
- Lothar Geist as Der Zigarettenjunge in der Cascade
- Kurt Getke as Eisenbahnwärter
- Friedrich Gnaß as Ein Telefonist der Aufständigen
- Fred Goebel as Der Sergeant der Chiffrierzentrale
- Die Goldenen Sieben und ihre Symphoniker as Singers
- Paul Hildebrandt as Ein Mitarbeiter des Polizeipräfekten
- Oskar Höcker as Ein weiterer Kriminalbeamter
- Karl Jüstel as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister
- Alfred Karen as Gast bei Manja Dusan
- Walter Klam as Ein Bühnenarbeiter der Cascade
- Ingolf Kuntze as Innenminister
- Fred Köster as Ein Kriminalbeamter bei der Tatortinspektion
- Gustav Mahncke as Der Poriter der Cascade
- Edith Meinel as Das Blumenmädchen in der Cascade
- Benno Mueller as Ein Mann im Postamt
- Hellmuth Passarge as Einer der Aufständigen
- Paul Rehkopf as Ein Betrunkener
- Ferry Reich as Der Wachhabende der Regimentskanzlei
- Ferdinand Robert as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan
- Ernst Rotmund as Der Würstchenverkäufer
- Bert Schmidt-Maris as Ein Gast in der Cascade
- Willi Schur as 1. Polizist
- Herbert Spalke as 2. Polizist
- Margot Thilo as Marga, Annas Mädchen
- Theodor Thony as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister
- Otz Tollen as Ein General, Mitarbeiter des Kriegsministers
- Jens von Hagen as Gast bei Manja Dusan
- Eduard Wenck as Der Stationsvorsteher
- Max Wilmsen as Der Angestellte im Postamt
- Willy Witte as Ein Gast in der "Cascade"
References edit
- ^ Noack p.157
Bibliography edit
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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