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...
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Hans Albers
Ein gewisser Herr Gran
Known for
The Blue Angel
Münchhausen
Albert Bassermann
Tschernikoff
Known for
The Red Shoes
Foreign Correspondent
Rose Stradner
Bianca
Known for
The Keys of the Kingdom
Walter Rilla
Pietro Broccardo
Known for
Day of Anger
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Karin Hardt
Viola Dolleen
Also in
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Die Wicherts von nebenan
Olga Tschechowa
Frau Mervin
Known for
The Haunted Castle
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hauptmann Gordon
Known for
One, Two, Three
Münchhausen
Hermann Speelmans
Nica
Also in
Sherlock Holmes: The Grey Lady
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Beppo
Known for
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Hans Deppe
Rossi
Also in
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The Berliner
Fritz Odemar
der traurige Herr
Known for
M
Marcel Merminod
Polizist
Also in
Comradeship
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Gerhard Lamprecht Director · Philipp Lothar Mayring Screenplay Fritz Zeckendorf Screenplay
United States release February 23, 1934 · Produced in Germany · Original title Ein gewisser Herr Gran
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UFA
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Germany
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Original title
Ein gewisser Herr Gran
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 15, 1933
Theatrical
United States · February 23, 1934
Theatrical
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