The Copper
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Otto Friedrich Dennert is a celebrated veteran of the Essen police force. While investigating a series of killings of women he reaches retirement age. The case is taken over by a new team, including Dennert's son Harry. Convinced that they have arrested the wrong person, Dennert begins investigating by himself with assistance from the criminal underworld.
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Cast
20 people
Hans Albers
Otto Friedrich Dennert
Known for
The Blue Angel
Münchhausen
Hansjörg Felmy
Harry Dennert
Known for
Torn Curtain
Scene of the Crime
Susanne Cramer
Ursula Brandt
Known for
Bedtime Story
Horst Frank
Josef Schmitz
Known for
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Mady Rahl
Toni
Also in
The Forger of London
Immer die Radfahrer
Werner Peters
Mücke
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Siegfried Lowitz
Dr.Schreiber
Known for
It Happened in Broad Daylight
The Mysterious Magician
Maria Sebaldt
Kriminalassistentin
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Ernst Stankovski
Willi Goede
Also in
Radetzky March
The Sweet Pussycats
Agnes Windeck
Frau Schmitz
Known for
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Carsta Löck
Known for
Emil of Lonneberga
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Willy
Known for
All the Way Boys
They Called Him Bulldozer
Eugen York Director · Curt J. Braun Screenplay Hans-Martin Majewski Composer
First release March 20, 1958 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Greifer
Production
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Der Greifer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 20, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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