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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| Directed by | Erich Engels |
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| 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 all time 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
edit- Elisabeth Müller as Fleur Blanchard
- Peter van Eyck as Kriminalkommissar Léon Ferrier
- Fritz Tillmann as Kriminalinspektor Steen
- Carl Lange as Aristide Coq, Buchhändler
- Günter Pfitzmann as Pierre, Kriminalassistent
- Inge Meysel as Delphine, Haushälterin
- Katharina Mayberg as Maja, malaisische Studentin
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Prosecutor
- Robert Meyn as Chefinspektor Smith
- Hans Stiebner as Lung, chinesischer Steward
- Richard Münch as Reverend Bennet
- Werner Schumacher
- Manfred Steffen
- Howard Vernon
- Heinz Klingenberg
- Fred Raul as
- Benno Gellenbeck
- Friedrich Schütter as Polizist
- Hermann Kner
- Günther Jerschke as Gendarm
- Karl Heinz Wüpper
- Reiner Brönneke
References
edit- ^ Davidson & Hake p.237
Bibliography
edit- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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