A WWI veteran comes home and with a scientist's help opens an artificial silk factory later used for clothing. Crooked international profiteers ,a lawyer and a banker, threaten the profitability of the concern and the workers' jobs.
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27 people
Willy Fritsch
Richard Hellwerth
Known for
Woman in the Moon
Spies
Käthe von Nagy
Lissy Eickhoff
Also in
Rails
I by Day, You by Night
Robert A. Stemmle
Bruno Duday
Eberhard Frowein
Bernhard Minetti
Dr. Heinrich Breuer
Also in
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
Lowlands
Carl Kuhlmann
Wilhelm Eickhoff
Also in
The Rothschilds
The Years Pass
Erich Ponto
Theodor Kalbach
Known for
The Third Man
The Punch Bowl
Rudolf Schündler
Von Tettenboom
Known for
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Stella David
Wirtschafterin Frida Mann
Ethel Reschke
Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Wolfgang Staudte
Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
Also in
The Secret of the Blue Room
Grand Duchess Alexandra
Robert A. Stemmle Director
United States release March 27, 1939 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
Production
UFA
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Universum Film (UFA)
Production · Distribution
Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · September 22, 1938
Theatrical
United States · March 27, 1939
Finland
January 22, 1939
Hungary
June 29, 1939
Netherlands
November 25, 1938
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