A Certain Mr. Gran (1933)
An Italian engineer who had made a strategically important invention to ward off enemy aircraft is killed in a robbery. As the plans have presumably fallen into the hands of spies, secret service captain Bergall is given the task of recovering the papers. Bergall initially adopts a false name and appears as Mr. Gran, whom nobody knows. Under this name, he rents a room in the Hotel Danieli in Venice and makes the acquaintance of the shipowner's daughter Viola Dolleen. With her help, he is able to eliminate Captain Gordon, who is also interested in the plans. When Gran learns that the plans are now in the possession of the art dealer Tschernikoff, who wants to sell them to Gordon, he immediately travels to Rome, visits the art dealer Titian and pretends to be Gordon. In the art dealer's remote villa, events come thick and fast...
Director:
Gerhard Lamprecht
Writers:
Philipp Lothar Mayring, Fritz Zeckendorf.
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Hans Albers as Ein gewisser Herr Gran |
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Albert Bassermann as Tschernikoff |
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Rose Stradner as Bianca |
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Walter Rilla as Pietro Broccardo |
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Karin Hardt as Viola Dolleen |
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Olga Tschechowa as Frau Mervin |
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Hubert von Meyerinck as Hauptmann Gordon |
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Hermann Speelmans as Nica |
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Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Beppo |
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Hans Deppe as Rossi |
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Fritz Odemar as der traurige Herr |
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Marcel Merminod as Polizist |
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Theodor Loos as |
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Willi Schur as |
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Friedrich Ettel as |
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Gustav Püttjer as |
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Bruno Eichgrün as |
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Hans-Joachim Büttner as |
| Directing | Gerhard Lamprecht | Director |
| Directing | Erich Holder | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Philipp Lothar Mayring | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fritz Zeckendorf | Screenplay |
| Camera | Eduard Hoesch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karl Hoesch | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Eberhard von der Heyden | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Heinz Ritter | Still Photographer |
| Art | Max Linde | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Jabs | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hermann Fritzsching | Sound |
| Writing | Hermann Schulenburg | Lyricist |
| Production | Bruno Duday | Line Producer |
| Production | Fritz Schwarz | Production Manager |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Hans Sohnle | Production Design |
| Art | Otto Erdmann | Production Design |
| Sound | Hermann Schulenburg | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Spindler | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otto Sucrow | Costume Design |