Police Report (1939 film)

Police Report
Directed by	Rudolf van der Noss
Written by	Axel Rudolf (novel) Hanns Marschall Georg Zoch
Produced by	Viktor von Struwe
Starring	Lola Müthel Hans Zesch-Ballot Erich Fiedler
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Edited by	Anna Höllering
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	25 July 1939 (1939-07-25)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Police Report (German: Der Polizeifunk meldet) is a 1939 German crime thriller film directed by Rudolf van der Noss and starring Lola Müthel, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Erich Fiedler.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow. It was produced and distributed by Terra Film.

Two men attempting industrial espionage on a new chemical invention become caught up in a murder case for which they have no alibi.

• Lola Müthel as Inge Flint, Cheflaborantin
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as Benken, Kriminalkommissar
• Erich Fiedler as Erich Wiesneck
• Jaspar von Oertzen as Dr. Berthold Mahr
• Albert Lippert as Harry Hornemann, Kaufmann
• Hans Stiebner as Tesch, Penionsinhaber
• Herbert Gernot as Berg, Kriminalsekretär
• Roma Bahn as Frau Duval, Modehausbesitzerin
• Elsa Wagner as Frau Kapland, Vermieterin
• Lotte Rausch as Grete, Dienstmädchen
• Jack Trevor as Percy Duffins
• Werner Pledath as Dieffenbach, Kriminalrat
• F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Mahr, Kommerzienrat
• Bruno Fritz as Müller, Kriminalsekretär
• Otto Matthies as Hebert Timm / Faber / Ganove

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• Police Report at IMDb