Directed by:
Peter LorreCinematography:
Václav VíchComposer:
Willy Schmidt-GentnerCast:
Peter Lorre, Gisela Trowe, Richard Münch, Johanna Hofer, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Karl John, Joachim Hess, Hansi Wendler, Josef Dahmen, Lotte Rausch, Kurt Fuß (more)Plots(1)
Peter Lorre plays a doctor and murderer in the title role of the only film he ever directed. He is confronted with a secret, a threat: with the truth. A well structured image from those blurred and ambiguous times full of rifts. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
![Peter Lorre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268040_81ea18.jpg)
Peter Lorre
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
Casablanca (1942)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
![Gisela Trowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/417/159417768_421d19.jpg)
Gisela Trowe
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Verlorene (1951)
Tip Not Included (1966)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Richard Münch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/494/161494890_a18ae2.jpg)
Richard Münch
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Train (1964)
Patton (1970)
![Johanna Hofer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/405/159405432_7c9af8.jpg)
Johanna Hofer
German Empire
Best movies:
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
Der Fußgänger (1973)
Possession (1981)
![Eva Ingeborg Scholz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193851_06fa67.jpg)
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
German Empire
Best movies:
The American Soldier (1970)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Der Verlorene (1951)
![Karl John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448862_99c7f8.jpg)
Karl John
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Joachim Hess
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Der Verlorene (1951)
The Devil's General (1955)
Hansi Wendler
Best movies:
Der Verlorene (1951)
![Josef Dahmen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411228_fc6796.jpg)
Josef Dahmen
German Empire
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
M (1931)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
![Lotte Rausch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411189_9114a1.jpg)
Lotte Rausch
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Verlorene (1951)
The Shuttered Room (1967)
Kurt Fuß
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Der Verlorene (1951)
Alexander Hunzinger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Der Verlorene (1951)
![Renate Mannhardt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/615/161615457_1a6444.png)
Renate Mannhardt
German Empire
Best movies:
Fear (1954)
Der Verlorene (1951)
Horst von Otto
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
The Story of a Sinner (1951)
Der Verlorene (1951)
![Hans Fitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/693/161693509_cf9176.jpg)
Hans Fitz
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Verlorene (1951)
Peter Ahrweiler
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Der Verlorene (1951)