Police Report (German: Der Polizeifunk meldet) is a 1939 German crime thriller film directed by Rudolf van der Noss and starring Lola Müthel, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Erich Fiedler.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow. It was produced and distributed by Terra Film.
Synopsis
Two men attempting industrial espionage on a new chemical invention become caught up in a murder case for which they have no alibi.
Cast
- Lola Müthel as Inge Flint, Cheflaborantin
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Benken, Kriminalkommissar
- Erich Fiedler as Erich Wiesneck
- Jaspar von Oertzen as Dr. Berthold Mahr
- Albert Lippert as Harry Hornemann, Kaufmann
- Hans Stiebner as Tesch, Penionsinhaber
- Herbert Gernot as Berg, Kriminalsekretär
- Roma Bahn as Frau Duval, Modehausbesitzerin
- Elsa Wagner as Frau Kapland, Vermieterin
- Lotte Rausch as Grete, Dienstmädchen
- Jack Trevor as Percy Duffins
- Werner Pledath as Dieffenbach, Kriminalrat
- F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Mahr, Kommerzienrat
- Bruno Fritz as Müller, Kriminalsekretär
- Otto Matthies as Hebert Timm / Faber / Ganove
References
Bibliography
- Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.