I Was Jack Mortimer
I Was Jack Mortimer (German: Ich war Jack Mortimer) is a 1935 German thriller film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Anton Walbrook, Eugen Klöpfer, and Sybille Schmitz.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel of the same title by Alexander Lernet-Holenia.
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| German | Ich war Jack Mortimer |
| Directed by | Carl Froelich |
| Written by | Robert A. Stemmle Thea von Harbou |
| Based on | I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia |
| Produced by | Carl Froelich |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
| Music by | Harald Böhmelt |
Production company | Carl Froelich-Film |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
Cast
- Anton Walbrook as Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer, a Budapest taxi-driver
- Eugen Klöpfer as Pedro Montemayor, a conductor
- Sybille Schmitz as Winifred Montemayor, Pedro's wife
- Marieluise Claudius as Marie Polikow
- Max Gülstorff as Colonel Polikow, Marie's father
- Maria Loja as Mrs. Polikow, Marie's mother
- Hilde Hildebrand as Daisy
- Heinz Salfner as Andrassy, Daisy's friend
- Jochen Hauer as Doering, a taxi-driver
- Georg A. Profé as Jack Mortimer
- Hugo Drahower
- Sophie Eschenbach
- Adolf Essek
- Erich Fiedler
- Aribert Grimmer
- Otto Grüneberg
- Jochen Kuhlmey
- Peter Lau
- Manfred Meurer
- Gerda von Kries
- Josef Reithofer
- Albert von Kersten
- Michael von Newlinsky
- Eugen Wallrath
- Hanns Waschatko
See also
- Adventure in Vienna (1952)
- Stolen Identity (1953)
References
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 138. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
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