Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid

5.8

91 minutes

9/28/1950

Overview

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".

Cast List

Horst Caspar
as Reporter Peter Zabel
Bettina Moissi
as Leata
O.E. Hasse
as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
Hans Leibelt
as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
Irene von Meyendorff
as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
Fritz Kortner
as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
Hilde Hildebrand
as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
Peter van Eyck
as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
Hans Christian Blech
as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
Carl Raddatz
as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Arno Assmann
as Ermano, Partner von Conchita
Paul Hörbiger
as Musikclown „The Great Teatch“
Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Funker der Orplid
Camilla Spira
as Pensionswirtin
Blandine Ebinger
as Sekretärin im Auskunftsbüro
Horst Hächler
as Klaus von Werth
Jeanette Schultze
as Lore Bruckmann
Arno Paulsen
as Mr. Hill, ein internationaler Waffenhändler
Rolf von Nauckhoff
as Pastor Johannes Klappstein
Ilse Werner
Adrian Hoven
Helmut Käutner