The Chief Witness (film)
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| Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
| Written by | George Clifford Marivale (play) Johannes Eyken (play) Bernd Hofmann Georg C. Klaren Karl Lerbs |
| Produced by | Hans Herbert Ulrich Robert Wüllner |
| Starring | Iván Petrovich Sybille Schmitz Sabine Peters |
| Cinematography | Robert Baberske |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Becker |
| Music by | Walter Gronostay |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Chief Witness (German: Die Kronzeugin) is a 1937 German crime drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Iván Petrovich, Sybille Schmitz and Sabine Peters.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Location shooting took place in the Krkonose Mountains in Czechoslovakia and Zugspitze in Bavaria.
Synopsis
[edit]Elise, the former wife of composer Stefan Laurin, begs him to recover some letters from a man who has been blackmailing her. When he gets to the man's apartment, he finds him murdered and becomes the main suspect.
Cast
[edit]- Iván Petrovich as Stefan Laurin
- Sybille Schmitz as Jelena Rakowska
- Sabine Peters as Nina Rakowska
- Gustav Waldau as Georg Radloff
- Elga Brink as Elise Laurin
- Ursula Grabley as Rose Bonnet
- Ursula Herking as Babett
- Rudolf Platte as Kriminalassistent Malapert
- Just Scheu as Dr. Sanders
- Georg H. Schnell as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Ernst Dumcke as Staatsanwalt
- Werner Pledath as Untersuchungsrichter
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Regisseur
- Josefine Dora as Souffleuse Krüger
- Harry Hardt as Sänger
- Hanni Weisse as Stefan Laurins Wirtschafterin
- Olga Schaub as Gast bei Jelena
- Dorothea Thiess as Ninas Zimmermädchen
- Ellinor Büller as Krankenschwester
- Rudolf Klix as Konsul Runge
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Pianist
- Erich Walter as Diener Williams
- Wolfgang Grube as Arzt
- Willy Kaufman as Kriminalbeamter Lüdecke
- Gustav Mahnke as Schlafwagenschaffner
- Erich Dunskus as Kriminalkommissar Geller
- Eduard Bornträger as Polizeifotograf
- Max Wilmsen as Kriminalbeamter
- Christine Grabe as Krankenschwester
- Adi Solta as Inspizient
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael & Töteberg, Michael . Das Ufa-Buch. Zweitausendeins, 1992.
- Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1937. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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- 1937 films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- 1937 crime drama films
- 1937 drama films
- German crime drama films
- 1937 crime films
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Georg Jacoby
- UFA GmbH films
- German black-and-white films
- German films based on plays
- 1930s German films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Films shot in the Czech Republic
- Films scored by Walter Gronostay
- 1930s German film stubs