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Epilogue (1950)
Directed by Helmut Käutner
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”.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Horst Caspar | Bettina Moissi | O.E. Hasse | Hans Leibelt | Irene von Meyendorff | Fritz Kortner | Hilde Hildebrand | Peter van Eyck | Hans Christian Blech | Carl Raddatz | Arno Assmann | Paul Hörbiger | Reinhard Kolldehoff | Camilla Spira | Blandine Ebinger | Horst Hächler | Jeanette Schultze | Arno Paulsen | Rolf von Nauckhoff | Ilse Werner | Adrian Hoven | Helmut Käutner