All Clues Lead to Berlin

All Clues Lead to Berlin (German: Die Spur führt nach Berlin) is a 1952 West German thriller film directed by František Čáp and starring Gordon Howard, Irina Garden and Kurt Meisel.[1] It is also known by the alternative titles Adventure in Berlin and International Counterfeiters.

All Clues Lead to Berlin
Scene shot amongst the remains of the ruined Reichstag
Directed byFrantišek Čáp
Produced byArtur Brauner
Written by
Starring
Music byHerbert Trantow
CinematographyHelmut Ashley
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Production
company
Distributed byPrisma-Filmverleih
Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date
28 November 1952
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

It portrays a gang of counterfeiters with links to the former Nazi regime.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location across Berlin including at the ruins of the Reichstag building. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. It was given a British release in 1953.

Cast

  • Gordon Howard as Ronald Roberts / Claude Norbert in the French version
  • Irina Garden as Vera Dornbrink
  • Kurt Meisel as Gregor Pratt
  • Hans Nielsen as Kriminalrat Dr. Wangen
  • Wolfgang Neuss as Martin
  • Ernst Konstantin as Major Sirotkin
  • Barbara Rütting as Tamara, Dolmetscherin
  • Paul Bildt as Karl Dornbrink
  • Heinz Engelmann as Kommissar Max Lüdecke
  • Heinz Giese as Richard Browski
  • Herbert Kiper as Kommissar Kretschmer
  • Klaus Miedel as Vernon, Interpol-Delegierter
  • Werner Schöne
  • Rudi Stöhr
  • Walter Bechmann
  • Walter Tarrach as Werner, Zeuge
  • Heinz Oskar Wuttig as Kriminaldezernent Lonergan
  • Willi Braunsdorf as Groß, Fälscher
  • Ruth Nimbach
  • Harro ten Brook as Kriminaldzernent Harris
  • Eric Schildkraut
  • Joe Furtner
  • Rolf Heydel as Kriminalkommissar Bludau
  • Josef Kamper as Kröger, Fälscher
  • Peter Lehmbrock as Wittels, Fälscher
  • Horst Buchholz as Junger Mann am Funkturm
  • Günter Pfitzmann as Polizist in Funkzentrale

References

  1. Baer p.106

Bibliography

  • Baer, Hester. Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books, 2012.
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