The Chief Witness (film)
| The Chief Witness | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
| Written by | George Clifford Marivale (play) Johannes Eyken (play) Bernd Hofmann Georg C. Klaren Karl Lerbs |
| Produced by | Hans Herbert Ulrich Robert Wüllner |
| Starring | Iván Petrovich Sybille Schmitz Sabine Peters |
| Cinematography | Robert Baberske |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Becker |
| Music by | Walter Gronostay |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 21 April 1937 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Chief Witness (German: Die Kronzeugin) is a 1937 German crime drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Iván Petrovich, Sybille Schmitz and Sabine Peters.[1] [2] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Location shooting took place in the Krkonose Mountains in Czechoslovakia and Zugspitze in Bavaria.
Cast
- Iván Petrovich as Stefan Laurin
- Sybille Schmitz as Jelena Rakowska
- Sabine Peters as Nina Rakowska
- Gustav Waldau as Georg Radloff
- Elga Brink as Elise Laurin
- Ursula Grabley as Rose Bonnet
- Ursula Herking as Babett
- Rudolf Platte as Kriminalassistent Malapert
- Just Scheu as Dr. Sanders
- Georg H. Schnell as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Ernst Dumcke as Staatsanwalt
- Werner Pledath as Untersuchungsrichter
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Regisseur
- Josefine Dora as Souffleuse Krüger
- Harry Hardt as Sänger
- Hanni Weisse as Stefan Laurins Wirtschafterin
- Olga Schaub as Gast bei Jelena
- Dorothea Thiess as Ninas Zimmermädchen
- Ellinor Büller as Krankenschwester
- Rudolf Klix as Konsul Runge
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Pianist
- Erich Walter as Diener Williams
- Wolfgang Grube as Arzt
- Willy Kaufman as Kriminalbeamter Lüdecke
- Gustav Mahnke as Schlafwagenschaffner
- Erich Dunskus as Kriminalkommissar Geller
- Eduard Bornträger as Polizeifotograf
- Max Wilmsen as Kriminalbeamter
- Christine Grabe as Krankenschwester
- Adi Solta as Inspizient
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