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Counterfeiters
Counterfeiters
Directed by	Hermann Pfeiffer
Written by	Walter Maisch; Per Schwenzen;
Produced by	Eduard Kubat
Starring	Kirsten Heiberg; Rudolf Fernau; Karin Himboldt;
Cinematography	Walter Pindter
Edited by	Alexandra Anatra
Music by	Michael Jary
Production; company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	19 November 1940;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Counterfeiters ( German: Falschmünzer) is a 1940 German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Rudolf Fernau and Karin Himboldt.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin, and on location in Tirol.

Cast

Kirsten Heiberg as Juliette Balouet, Betrügerin
Rudolf Fernau as Gaston de Frossard, Kopf der Fälscherbande
Karin Himboldt as Hanna, Kunstschülerin
Hermann Brix as Herbert Engelke, Grafiker
Theodor Loos as Professor Bassi
Hermann Speelmans as Karl Bergmann aka Harry Gernreich
Leo Peukert as Johann Weidling
Lutz Götz as Poppinger, Viehhändler
Axel Monjé as Obersturmführer Dr. Bradt, Kriminalkommissar
Max Gülstorff as Zeltlin, Kriminalinspektor aus Zürich
Ingeborg von Kusserow as Else Bornemann
Peter Elsholtz as Fälscher
Jakob Tiedtke as Papa Schmidt, Toilettenmann
Hans Stiebner as Nico, Fälscher
Oscar Sabo as Oskar, Komplize der Bande in Berlin
Bruno Hübner as Hubert Bonifatius, ein bekannter der Schwestern Lieb
Olga Engl as Antonie Lieb, Inhaberin des Schuhgeschäfts
Julia Serda as Elvira
Christa Dilthey as Juliette, Zofe auf Schloß Hohenegg
Franz Arzdorf as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
Walter Bechmann as Hoteldiener in Zürich
Friedrich Beug as Handlanger in der Fälscherbande
Heinz Berghaus as Willy, der Kneipenwirt
Eduard Bornträger as Hotelportier
Erich Dunskus as Taxichauffeur
Fritz Eckert as Kriminalbeamter im Polizeilabor
Wilhelm Egger-Sell as Hotelportier
Fred Goebel as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
Knut Hartwig as Kriminalbeamter, der Poppinger verhört
Oskar Höcker as Polizist am Revier
Fred Köster as Paketbote im Züricher Hotel
Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Polizeibeamter in Uniform
Paul Mederow as Tomaselli, Kunstsammler
Michael von Newlinsky as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
Georg A. Profé as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant
Klaus Pohl as Straßenzeitungsverkäufer
Walter Pose as Polizist am Revier
Alfred Pussert as Weber, Techniker im Polizeilabor
Max Vierlinger as Kassierer im Hotel
Ewald Wenck as Taxichauffeur
Willy Witte as Obersturmführer Kluger der Berliner Kriminalpolizei
Max Harry Ernst as Gast bei Tomaselli
Angelo Ferrari as Ein Mitglied der Fälscherbande
Benno Gellenbeck as Professor der Zeichenklasse
Karl Jüstel as Gast bei Tomaselli
Alfred Karen as Gast bei Tomaselli
Isolde Laugs as Frau im Zeitungskiosk
Bruno Tillessen as Ober im Hotelspeisesaal

References

^ Giesen p. 193

Bibliography

Rolf Giesen. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.

External links

Counterfeiters at IMDb

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[1] Giesen p. 193

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