Big City Secret (German: Großstadtgeheimnis) is a 1952 West German crime film directed by Leo de Laforgue and starring Ingrid Lutz, Fritz Wagner, and Joachim Teege .[1] It was shot entirely on location around Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden, partly using pre-war stock footage. It is inspired partly by the criminal Sass Brothers active in the Weimar era.

Big City Secret
Directed byLeo de Laforgue
Written by
Produced byKarl Schmitz
Starring
CinematographyHerbert Geier
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music byHerbert Trantow
Production
company
Ideal-Film
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film
Release date
  • 12 April 1952 (1952-04-12)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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Two master criminals break into the vault of a bank at Berlin's Wittenbergplatz and steal a large sum. While they are apprehended soon afterwards, police have no hard evidence and have to release them. However, detectives set out to find and secure the necessary evidence and bring the criminals to justice.

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References

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  1. ^ Karl & Skopal, p. 122.

Bibliography

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  • Karl, Lars; Skopal, Pavel, eds. (2015). Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78238-997-2.
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