| Alibi | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Weidenmann |
| Written by | Herbert Reinecker Alfred Weidenmann Herbert Reinecker |
| Produced by | Friedrich A. Mainz Helmut Ungerland |
| Starring | O.E. Hasse Martin Held Hardy Krüger |
| Cinematography | Helmuth Ashley |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | Fama-Film |
| Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Alibi is a 1955 West German crime drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Martin Held and Hardy Krüger.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.
Synopsis
[edit]A hotshot newspaper reporter is summoned for jury service. Young Harald Meinhardt is charged with killing Frau Overbeck, the wife of a very successful scientist, with whom he was having an affair. The journalist Peter Hansen is the only member of the jury to vote against Meinhardt's conviction. He launches a newspaper campaign to demonstrate his innocence, and sets out to identify the real killer.
Cast
[edit]- O.E. Hasse as Peter Hansen
- Martin Held as Dr. Kurt Overbeck
- Hardy Krüger as Harald Meinhardt
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Inge Römer
- Gisela von Collande as Frau Hansen
- Charles Regnier as Dietmar, Chef vom Dienst
- Peer Schmidt as Benjamin Roland
- Ernst Waldow a sKriminalkommissar Lukkas
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Vorsitzender des Gerichts
- Helga Roloff as Fräulein Dr. Klausen
- Jan Hendriks as Berthold
- Almut Rothweiler as Frau Overbeck
- Franz Essel as Staatsanwalt
- Hermann Holve as Verteidiger
- Hans-Albert Martens as Strafverteidiger
- Helmuth Rudolph as Chefredakteur von Pleskau
- Walter Werner as Vater Meinhardt
- Maria Sebaldt as Fräulein Krüger, Moderedakteurin
- Maly Delschaft as Frau Wilke
- Alexa von Porembsky as Hausangestellte Maria
- Arno Paulsen as Taxifahrer
- Walter Tarrach as Dr. Fischer
- Alexander Hunzinger as Ausrufer
- Fany Spornitz as Frau Dr. Brandt
- Alfred Maack as Kaufmann Beermann
- Ludwig Linkmann as Lokalredakteur Becker
References
[edit]- ^ Bernhard & Rebbelmund p.85
Bibliography
[edit]- Julia Bernhard & Sylvia Rebbelmund. O.E. Hasse. Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste, 2003.
External links
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