Sergeant Berry is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. A tough Chicago policeman is sent to the Mexican–American border on a dangerous mission. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.[1]
| Sergeant Berry | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Selpin |
| Written by | Rudolf Klein-Rogge Lotte Neumann Walter Wassermann |
| Produced by | Hans Albers Franz Vogel |
| Starring | Hans Albers Toni von Bukovics Peter Voß |
| Cinematography | Franz Koch |
| Edited by | Lena Neumann |
| Music by | Hans Sommer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.
Cast
edit- Hans Albers as Sergeant Mecki Berry
- Toni von Bukovics as Berry's mother
- Peter Voß as Oberst Turner
- Edwin Jürgensen as Madison
- Gerd Höst as Amely Madison
- Alexander Golling as Evans
- Alexander Engel as Gomez
- Herbert Hübner as Don Antonio de Garcia
- Herma Relin as Ramona
- Werner Scharf as Don José
- Erich Ziegel as Consul Erasmus Smith
- Hanni Weisse as the consul's wife
- Hans Stiebner as Carlo
- Kurt Seifert as Chief of Police Alcalde
- Hertha von Walther as Juanita
- Erich Dunskus as ein Grenzpolizeiinspektor
- Annemarie Schreiner as Zofe Ramonas
- Toni Färber as US-Grenzbeamter
- Friedrich Gnaß as Chicago-Gangsterboss Duffy
- Fred Goebel as Hotel Porter
- Reginald Pasch as Schmuggler Blandy
- Louis Ralph as Gangster
- Arthur Reinhardt as Schmuggler Big
- Arnulf Schröder as Pedro, Alcaldes Assistant
- Heinz Wemper as the chief of the gangster
- Manfred Meurer as Don Antonios Angestellter
- Helmuth Heyne as ein Raufbold
- Jac Diehl as ein Hotelgast
- Mohamed Husen as the Chicago nightclub patron
- Louis Brody as Berry's neighbor
References
edit- ^ Hull p.145
Bibliography
edit- Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press, 1969.
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