Overview
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Director and cast
- Helmut Käutner Director
- Horst Caspar as Reporter Peter Zabel
- Bettina Moissi as Leata
- O.E. Hasse as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
- Hans Leibelt as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
- Irene von Meyendorff as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
- Fritz Kortner as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
- Hilde Hildebrand as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
- Peter van Eyck as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
- Hans Christian Blech as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
- Carl Raddatz as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
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