The Brenken Case

1934 German film
  • Peter Ort
  • Henry Koster
Produced byEduard van MeghenStarring
  • Walter Steinbeck
  • Hans Brausewetter
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge
CinematographyKarl HasselmannEdited byFritz C. MauchMusic byEduard Künneke
Production
company
Westdeutsche Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed byOtzoup Film
Release date
  • 12 October 1934 (1934-10-12)
Running time
88 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The Brenken Case (German: Der Fall Brenken) is a 1934 German comedy crime film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Walter Steinbeck, Hans Brausewetter and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge.

Synopsis

An attack on the industrialist owner of the Brenken factory draws newspaper headlines. It later transpires that he has organised it himself in order to try to deter rivals from buying his company's shares on the stock exchange.

Cast

  • Walter Steinbeck as Generaldirektor Hermann Brenken, Industrieller
  • Hans Brausewetter as Hans Hall, Berichterstatter
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Bert Benson, Artist
  • Genia Nikolaieva as Inge Brandt, Schauspielerin
  • Jessie Vihrog as Lotte Menzig, Telephonistin
  • Trude Hesterberg as Fräulein Bomst, Direktrice Gussersee-Hotel
  • Franz Weber as Alois Huber, Nachtportier Gussersee-Hotel
  • Hans Berghaus as Der Tagportier Gussersee-Hotel
  • Veit Harlan as Der Unbekannte
  • Adele Sandrock as Die Frau Generalin

References

  1. ^ Noack p.73

Bibliography

  • Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

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