The Daredevil

The Daredevil
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Produced by	Richard Eichberg Joseph Than
Written by	Franz Höllering (novel) Joseph Than Richard Eichberg
Starring	Hans Albers Gerda Maurus Mártha Eggerth
Music by	Hans May
Cinematography	Heinrich Gartner Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Willy Zeunert
Production company	Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	26 November 1931
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Daredevil (German: Der Draufgänger) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Mártha Eggerth .^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Minzloff and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot on location in Hamburg and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Eichberg's assistant director was Géza von Cziffra.

Synopsis

A Port of Hamburg policeman, known by his colleagues as "The Daredevil" because of his propensity for action, rescues a young woman from the water. She appears to be connected with an American millionaire whose yacht is cruising off shore.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Hans Röder, Hafenpolizist
• Sigurd Lohde as Fred Patterson, ein reicher Amerikaner
• Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as George Brown aka Mac Born
• Gerda Maurus as Gloria - seine Freundin
• Mártha Eggerth as Trude, Animierreiterin
• Fritz Klippel as Parker, Browns Komplize
• Reinhold Bernt as Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom
• Leonard Steckel as Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom
• Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Pahlke, Inhaberin Artistenpension
• Eugen Burg as Andersen, Kriminalkommissar
• Senta Söneland as Fräulein Schönholz, Kriminalbeamtin
• Alfred Beierle as Martin Timm, Hafenpolizist

References

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.

External links

• The Daredevil on IMDb