The Deruga Case (film)
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- L.A.C. Müller
- Hans Neumann
- Fritz Peter Buch
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| Directed by | Fritz Peter Buch |
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| Based on | The Deruga Case by Ricarda Huch |
| Produced by | Georg Witt |
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| Cinematography | Werner Bohne |
| Edited by | Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann |
| Music by | Hans Ebert |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
The Deruga Case (German: Der Fall Deruga) is a 1938 German crime drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Willy Birgel, Geraldine Katt and Dagny Servaes.[1] It is based on the 1917 novel of the same title by Ricarda Huch. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber.
Doctor Deruga is put on trial for murdering his wealthy ex-wife, Mingo Swieter, after curare is discovered in her body during a post-mortem. The prosecution, driven by his ex-wife's embittered cousin, Baroness Truschkowitz, argues that the impoverished doctor killed her to inherit a fortune. Deruga refuses to provide an alibi to protect the reputation of another woman, but his innocence is eventually proven when it is revealed his ex-wife actually committed suicide to end her suffering from a terminal illness. The doctor is acquitted, but remains haunted by the experience.
Cast
- Willy Birgel as Dr. Stefan Deruga
- Geraldine Katt as Baroness Mingo Truschkowitz
- Dagny Servaes as Baronin Truschkowitz
- Georg Alexander as Baron Truschkowitz
- Käthe Haack as Marta Schwertfeger
- Claire Winter as Ursula Züger
- Hans Leibelt as Justizrat Dr. Klemm
- Erich Fiedler as Dr. Schelling
- Paul Bildt as Landgerichtsvorsitzender Dr. Zeunemann
- Walter Franck as Senior Prosecutor
- Ernst Karchow as Prosecutor Dr. Noth
- Erika von Thellmann as Therese Klinkhardt
- Roma Bahn as Valeska Durich
- Fritz Odemar as Hofrat Dr. Mäulchen
- Leo Peukert as Verzelli
- Erich Ziegel as Professor Vandermühl
- Oscar Sabo as Hausmeister Schulz
- Beppo Brem as Friseur Alfinger
- Walter Albrecht as 1. Geschworener
- Otto Braml as 1. Gerichtswachtmeister
- Walter Buhse as 2 Geschworener
- Loulou Daenner as 2. Journalistin
- Jac Diehl as Justizwachtmeister
- Josefine Dora as Garderobiere
- Peter Erkelenz as Sachverständiger
- Wilhelm Große as 6. Geschworener
- Christine Großmann as 1. Journalistin
- Kurt Hagen as 2. Gerichtswachtmeister
- Bruno Klockmann as 3. Geschworener
- William Leo as Protokollführer
- Karin Luesebrink as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
- Guenther Markert as 2. Journalist
- Otto Marle as 4. Geschworener
- Edith Meinhard as Serviererin
- Hugo Meissl as Prozesszeichner
- Hans Nerking as 1. Beisitzer
- Alfred Pussert as 3. Journalist
- Louis Ralph as Kriminalbeamter
- Leo Reiter as 5. Geschworener
- Arthur Reppert as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
- Jutta Sabo as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
- Ernst Albert Schaach Diener Fredrich
- Willi Schaeffers as Privatdetektiv
- Walter Schenk as 4. Journalist
- S.O. Schoening as 2. Beisitzer
- Wera Schultz as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
- Alfred Stratmann as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung =
- Tommy Thomas as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
- Bruno Tillessen as Gast im Café
- Egon Vogel as 5. Journalist
- Jens von Hagen as 1. Journalist
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Riedmüller
- Walter Werner as Sanitätsrat Dr. Gürtner
