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".
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Horst Caspar
Reporter Peter Zabel
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Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
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Hans Leibelt
Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
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Irene von Meyendorff
Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
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Fritz Kortner
Mr. P. L. Hoopman
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Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
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FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
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Hans Christian Blech
Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
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Giordano Bruno
Carl Raddatz
Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
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Arno Assmann
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Helmut Käutner Director · Robert A. Stemmle Screenplay Artur Brauner Writer
First release September 28, 1950 · Produced in Germany · Original title Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid
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CCC Filmkunst
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Germany
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Original title
Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid
Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · September 28, 1950
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No release date listed for United States.
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