The Daredevil (German: Der Draufgänger) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Mártha Eggerth.[1]
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Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
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Edited by | Willy Zeunert |
Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Richard Eichberg-Film |
Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Minzloff and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot on location in Hamburg and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Eichberg's assistant director was Géza von Cziffra.
Synopsis
editA Port of Hamburg policeman, known by his colleagues as "The Daredevil" because of his propensity for action, rescues a young woman from the water. She appears to be connected with an American millionaire whose yacht is cruising off shore.
Cast
edit- Hans Albers as Hans Röder, Hafenpolizist
- Sigurd Lohde as Fred Patterson, ein reicher Amerikaner
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as George Brown aka Mac Born
- Gerda Maurus as Gloria - seine Freundin
- Mártha Eggerth as Trude, Animierreiterin
- Fritz Klippel as Parker, Browns Komplize
- Reinhold Bernt as Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom
- Leonard Steckel as Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom
- Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Pahlke, Inhaberin Artistenpension
- Eugen Burg as Andersen, Kriminalkommissar
- Senta Söneland as Fräulein Schönholz, Kriminalbeamtin
- Alfred Beierle as Martin Timm, Hafenpolizist
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 105
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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