I Am Sebastian Ott
I Am Sebastian Ott (German: Ich bin Sebastian Ott) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Gustav Diessl and Trude Marlen.[1] Some of the film was shot by the assistant director Viktor Becker.
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| German | Ich bin Sebastian Ott |
| Directed by | Willi Forst |
| Written by | Axel Eggebrecht Eberhard Keindorff |
| Produced by | Willi Forst |
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| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Hans Wolff |
| Music by | Theo Mackeben |
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| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It was shot partly at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
The plot revolves around art fraud with Forst playing the dual role of twins, one honest and the other corrupt.
Cast
- Willi Forst as Sebastian Ott / Ludwig Ott
- Gustav Diessl as Strobl
- Trude Marlen as Erika
- Paul Hörbiger as Kriminalrat Baumann
- Ady Berber as Meinhardt, crook
- Lorenz Corvinus as Privy councilor at the exhibition
- Felix Dombrowsky as Detective Commissioner
- Richard Eybner as Schmiedl
- Josefine Kramer-Glöckner as Marie, Holzapfel's girl
- Hanns Hitzinger as Judge Norden
- Reinhold Häussermann as Professor Nissen
- Eduard Köck as Eberle, Faktoturn in der Galerie Ott
- Ferdinand Maierhofer as Detective Commissioner Hellriegl
- Alfred Neugebauer as Dr. Nemetz, Kriminalrat in Prague
- Fritz Puchstein as secretary
- Johannes Roth as servant
- Werner Scharf as Paolini
- Wilhelm Schich as tailor
- Otto Storm as Bank manager
- Otto Treßler as Colonel Holzapfel
- Robert Valberg as Prosecutor in Copenhagen
References
- von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 60. ISBN 0786420782.
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