Die Teufelspuppe (1936)
Nachdem der Banker Paul Lavond (Lionel Barrymore) wegen Betrugs und Mord angeklagt und verurteilt wird, sendet man ihn von Paris aus auf die Teufelsinsel, die schlimmste Haft, die es gibt. Erst Jahre später entkommt er mit einem Mithäftling, einem Wissenschaftler, der es in seinen Forschungen geschafft hat, Menschen bis auf wenige Zentimenter zu verkleinern. Für Lavond eine hervorragende und gleichzeitig teuflische Methode, um sich an all denen zu rächen, die seiner Ansicht nach, für seine Verurteilung verantwortlich waren.
Der Regisseur:
Tod Browning
Die Autor:
Guy Endore, Erich von Stroheim, Garrett Fort.
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Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond |
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Maureen O'Sullivan as Lorraine Lavond |
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Frank Lawton as Toto |
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Rafaela Ottiano as Malita |
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Robert Greig as Émile Coulvet |
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Lucy Beaumont as Madame Lavond |
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Henry B. Walthall as Marcel |
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Grace Ford as Lachna |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Charles Martin |
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Arthur Hohl as Victor Radin |
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Juanita Quigley as Marguerite Coulvet |
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Claire Du Brey as Mathilde Coulvet |
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Rollo Lloyd as Inspector Maurice |
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E. Alyn Warren as Préfect of Police |
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Jean Alden as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Detective Pierre (uncredited) |
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Egon Brecher as Detective (uncredited) |
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Robert Du Couedic as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Paul Foltz as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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Christian J. Frank as Detective (uncredited) |
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Billy Gilbert as Matin's Butler (uncredited) |
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Robert Graves as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Sherry Hall as Detective (uncredited) |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Detective (uncredited) |
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Sydney Jarvis as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Edward Keane as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Gus Leonard as Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited) |
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Eily Malyon as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited) |
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Frank Reicher as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Evelyn Selbie as Flower Woman (uncredited) |
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Nick Thompson as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Directing | Tod Browning | Director |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Writing | Guy Endore | Screenplay |
| Editing | Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tod Browning | Producer |
| Writing | Erich von Stroheim | Screenplay |
| Writing | Garrett Fort | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tod Browning | Screenstory |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Abraham Merritt | Novel |
| Art | Stan Rogers | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Camera | Willard Vogel | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Paul Foltz | Stunt Double |
| Production | E.J. Mannix | Producer |
| Crew | Val Raset | Choreographer |
| Directing | Harry Sharrock | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Clifford Vaughan | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Music |
| Sound | Wayne Allen | Orchestrator |