Alibi (1955 film)
1955 film
- 30 December 1955 (1955-12-30)
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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
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
- 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
- ^ Bernhard & Rebbelmund p.85
Bibliography
- Julia Bernhard & Sylvia Rebbelmund. O.E. Hasse. Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste, 2003.
External links
- Alibi at IMDb
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Films directed by Alfred Weidenmann
- I and You (1953)
- Canaris (1954)
- Heaven Is Never Booked Up (1955)
- Alibi (1955)
- Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)
- Der Stern von Afrika (1957)
- Scampolo (1958)
- The Buddenbrooks (1959)
- Boomerang (1960)
- Sacred Waters (1960)
- Adorable Julia (1962)
- Only a Woman (1962)
- Condemned to Sin (1964)
- The Gentlemen (1965)
- Who Wants to Sleep? (1965)
- Shots in Threequarter Time (1965)
- I Am Looking for a Man (1966)
- Maigret and His Greatest Case (1966)
- Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (1970)
- The Bordello (1971)
- The Rider on the White Horse (1978)
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