The Shadow of Herr Monitor
1950 film
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The Shadow of Herr Monitor (German: Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Eugen York and starring Carl Raddatz, Paul Dahlke and Marianne Wischmann.[1] [2] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathias Matthies.[3]
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| Directed by | Eugen York |
| Written by | Ernst Nebhut Just Scheu |
| Produced by | Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch |
| Starring | Carl Raddatz Paul Dahlke Marianne Wischmann |
| Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
| Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
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| Distributed by | Allianz Filmverleih |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
Thomas and his friend Christoph Monitor are both in love with the same woman, Petra. When she chooses to marry Christoph, Thomas is devastated and begins plotting a slow revenge involving Robb a former sailor who is an exact doppelgänger of his former friend. Dressed as Monitor, Robb begins committing a series of robberies leading the arrest and trial of the innocent man.
Cast
- Carl Raddatz as Christoph Monitor/Robb
- Paul Dahlke as Thomas Gossip
- Marianne Wischmann as Petra Monitor
- Catja Görna as Genia
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as Metter
- Carl Voscherau as Portier
- Just Scheu as Gerichtsvollzieher
- Heinz Klingenberg as Staatsanwalt
- Willy Maertens as Dr. Bing
- Josef Dahmen as Hafenarbeiter
- Arnim Dahl as Hafenarbeiter
- Alexander Hunzinger as Nachwächter
- Bruno Klockmann as Portier im Nachtlokal
- Horst Szielasko as Lieferwagenfahrer
- Erich Weiher as Beifahrer im Lieferwagen
- Kurt A. Jung as Motorradfahrer
- Änne Bruck as Elegante Dame
- Heinz Saller as Dr. Bergs
- Gustl Busch as Dienstmädchen bei Monitor
- Joseph Offenbach as Postbeamter
- Konrad Mayerhoff as Postbeamter
