In the Name of the People (1939 film)
In the Name of the People (German: Im Namen des Volkes) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, Fritz Kampers, and Rolf Weih.[1]
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| German | Im Namen des Volkes |
| Directed by | Erich Engels |
| Written by | Erich Engels Walter Maisch |
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| Cinematography | Walter Riml |
| Edited by | Anna Höllering |
| Music by | Carl von Bazant |
Production company | Terra Film |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | 410,000 RM |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.
Plot
A dangerous criminal, just released from jail in England, goes on a violent spree robbing motorists on the roads of Bavaria.
Cast
- Rudolf Fernau as Alfred Hübner
- Christine Grabe as waitress Barbara
- Fritz Kampers as Fritz Hartmann
- Ellen Bang as Lola Larsen
- Rolf Weih as Commissioner Werner
- Reinhold Bernt as Bruno Mielke
- Ilse Fürstenberg as Else Hartmann
- Christian Gollong as detective's assistant Schmittchen
- Albert Florath as innkeeper Buggisch
- Walter Steinbeck as Kriminalrat Brüning
- Franz Nicklisch as Franz Buggisch
- Rudolf Platte as Max
- Erich Dunskus as Commissioner Weber
- Aribert Grimmer as crook Oskar
- Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Paul Mederow as lawyer
- Georg A. Profé as junger Mann
- Ethel Reschke as young man's companion
- Oskar Höcker as spectator at large-scale raid
- Walter Gross as Egon
- Else Reval as Egon's driver
- Bruno Werner as postal officer
- Albert Venohr as sergeant
- Berthold Ebbecke as detective's assistant
- Werner Pledath as Bavarian police officer
- Karl Münch as police officer
- Walter Schramm-Duncker as dealer Hulke
- Gerhard Dammann as innkeeper Franz
- Lucie Euler as spectator at large-scale raid
- Fred Goebel as Schupo
- Hansjakob Gröblinghoff as mechanic
- Knut Hartwig as Bavarian sergeant
- Otto F. Henning as English criminal inspector
- Käte Jöken-König as Frau
- Willy Kaiser-Heyl as American businessman
- Marianne Kiwitt as barmaid
- Otto Klopsch as Bavarian sergeant
- Otto Kronburger as detective
- Gerda Kuffner as spectator at large-scale raid
- Fred Köster as lawyer's assistant
- Hans Meyer-Hanno as sergeant
References
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 536. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
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