Doctor Crippen Lives
Doctor Crippen Lives (German: Dr. Crippen lebt) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Elisabeth Müller, Peter van Eyck and Fritz Tillmann.[1] It was made at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels.
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| German | Dr. Crippen lebt |
| Directed by | Erich Engels |
| Written by | Erich Engels Wolf Neumeister |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Albert Benitz |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
| Music by | Siegfried Franz |
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| Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The most successful film of director Erich Engels was Doctor Crippen (1942), a film about Hawley Harvey Crippen. The 1958 film Doctor Crippen Lives has no relation to the 1942 film or to the case of Hawley Harvey Crippen.
Cast
- Elisabeth Müller as Fleur Blanchard
- Peter van Eyck as Detective Commissioner Léon Ferrier
- Fritz Tillmann as Criminal Inspector Steen
- Carl Lange as Aristide Coq, bookseller
- Günter Pfitzmann as Pierre, detective's assistant
- Inge Meysel as Delphine, housekeeper
- Katharina Mayberg as Maja, Malaise student
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as prosecutor
- Robert Meyn as Chief inspector Smith
- Hans Stiebner as Lung, Chinese Steward
- Richard Münch as Reverend Bennet
- Werner Schumacher
- Manfred Steffen
- Howard Vernon
- Heinz Klingenberg
- Fred Raul
- Benno Gellenbeck
- Friedrich Schütter as policeman
- Hermann Kner
- Günther Jerschke as gendarme
- Karl Heinz Wüpper
- Reiner Brönneke
References
- Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2008) [2007]. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. p. 237. ASIN B00694BSSE. ISBN 1845455363.
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