The Governor

The Governor (1939)

Drama

In an imaginary Scandinavian country, an ambitious radical buys an indebted estate in order to become a member of parliament as a local resident, which he ultimately succeeds in doing. Salvation in the party turmoil comes in the form of a military dictatorship under the determined Governor General Werkonen. The new member of parliament arranges for an assassination attempt on the general. However, the general is only slightly injured in the attack. The hired assassin now feels betrayed by his client and takes revenge by murdering him...

Director: Viktor Tourjansky
Writers: Emil Burri, Peter Francke.

Casts

	Brigitte Horney as Maria
	Willy Birgel as General Werkonen
	Hannelore Schroth as Ebba
	Ernst von Klipstein as Leutnant Robert Runeberg
	Lotte Spira as Frau Runeberg
	Albert Florath as Oberst Perkaulen
	Karl Meixner as Diener bei Dr. Erko
	Rolf Weih as Leutnant Kalminen
	Valy Arnheim as Diener bei General Werkonen
	Georg A. Profé as Offizier
	Walter Schramm-Dunker as Gast
	Walter Franck as Dr. Erko
	Paul Bildt as Gutsbesitzer Runeberg
	Werner Pledath as Oberst Wantua
	Paul Otto as Ministerpräsident Lönnrot
	Ingolf Kuntze as Gutsbesitzer Maris
	Karl-Heinz Peters as Tom Lynge
	F. W. Schröder-Schrom as General Borgas
	Nicolas Koline as Jan, Koch in Marias Elternhaus
	Franz Arzdorf as Zivilist im Gefolge des Staatspräsidenten
	Charly Berger as Offizier im Gefolge
	Reinhold Bernt as Mitglied der Radikalen Partei
	Theo Brandt as Junger Offizier
	Fritz Eckert as Ein weiterer Offizier
	Max Harry Ernst as Parlamentsmitglied
	Charles Francois as Parlamentsmitglied
	Martin Glang as
	Fred Goebel as Offizier der Polizeiwache
	Otto F. Henning as Stabsarzt
	Alfred Karen as Parlamentsmitglied
	Hans Kettler as Polizeikommissar am Tatort
	Otto Klopsch as Polizeikommissar
	Ida Krill as Küchenhilfe bei Maria
	Heinrich Marlow as Staatspräsident
	Max Mensing as Regierungsmitglied
	Klaus Pohl as Mann am Bahnhof, der sich eine Zigarette anzündet
	Arthur Reinhardt as Limonadenverkäufer am Bahnsteig
	Ferdinand Robert as Gast beim Empfang des Gouverneurs
	Otz Tollen as Stabsoffizier des Fahnenregiments
	Elisabeth von Ruets as Gast beim Empfang des Gouverneurs
	Erich Walter as Polizeipräfekt
	Borwin Walth as Diener beim Empfang
	Eduard Wenck as Zeitschriftenverkäufer am Bahnsteig
	Kurt Wieschala as Regierungsmitglied

Crew