Directed by:
Wolfgang StaudteCinematography:
Karl LöbComposer:
Peter ThomasCast:
Martin Held, Walter Giller, Heinz Erhardt, Agnes Windeck, Hannelore Elsner, Rudolf Platte, Mario Adorf, Herbert Fux, Wilhelm von Homburg, Max Nosseck (more)Plots(1)
The message of the gangster "Dandy's" return from the United States releases hectic activity everywhere: while Police investigator Knauer checks up the files on his old 'customer', his father-in-law Zenker, a retired federal court attorney, asks his friends to an important conference at the Palace-hotel. What wasn't granted to him during his working life, should succeed now: he finally wants to put "Dandy" behind bars. Zenker is certain that "Dandy" wants to pull off some crooked things again - he is now already in contact with different "colleagues" from the old days. The gangsters organise the coolest coups, but whenever it comes to cashing in, they find someone else has already cashed in before them. Of course Zaenker and his specialist friends is behind all this. "Dandy" doesn't understand the world any longer; he becomes more and more nervous and finally makes a crucial mistake. And that's exactly what Zaenker with his old gentlemen's club was waiting for... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Martin Held
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
The Serpent (1973)
Walter Giller
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
Shots in 3/4 Time (1965)
Heinz Erhardt
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Legacy of the Incas (1966)
Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)
Agnes Windeck
German Empire
Best movies:
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Schloß Gripsholm (1963)
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Hannelore Elsner
German Empire
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No Place to Go (2000)
Time You Change (2010)
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Rudolf Platte
German Empire
Best movies:
Flitterwochen (1936)
Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
Veronika Voss (1982)
Mario Adorf
Switzerland
Best movies:
Apache Gold (1963)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Herbert Fux
Austria
Best movies:
View from the Loft (1974)
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Wilhelm von Homburg
German Empire
Max Nosseck
German Empire
Erich Fiedler
German Empire
Best movies:
Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart (1967)
Willy Reichert
German Empire
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Fireworks "Oh! My Pa-Pa!" (1954)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Friedrich Schoenfelder
German Empire
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Waterloo (1970)
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Die weiße Spinne (1963)
Achim Strietzel
German Empire
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The Hunchback of Soho (1966)
Das Traumschiff (1981) (series)
Tilo von Berlepsch
German Empire
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Rosemary (1958)
Tattoo (1967)
Kurt von Ruffin
German Empire
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Heinz Spitzner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bridge (1959)
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Otto Graf
German Empire
Best movies:
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Canaris: Master Spy (1954)
Sabine Bethmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
Sharks and Small Fish (1957)
Reinhold Brandes
German Empire
Best movies:
Sharks and Small Fish (1957)