''Counterfeiters'' () is a 1940 German

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Kirsten Heiberg,

Rudolf Fernau Rudolf Fernau (7 January 1898 – 4 November 1985) was a German actor who appeared in 53 films between 1936 and 1982. Biography Fernau was born and died in Munich, Germany. A Nazi Party member, he was sentenced to nine months in prison a ...

and Karin Himboldt.Giesen p. 193 The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Mellin Max Mellin (30 January 1904 – 17 March 1977) was a German art director.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275 Selected filmography * '' Goodbye, Beautiful Days'' (1933) * '' Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933) * ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934) * '' Playi ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Babelsberg () is the largest quarter of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg. The neighbourhood is named after a small hill on the Havel river. It is the location of Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Palaces and Park ...

and

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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, and on location in

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Cast

* Kirsten Heiberg as Juliette Balouet, Betrügerin *

as Gaston de Frossard, Kopf der Fälscherbande * Karin Himboldt as Hanna, Kunstschülerin * Hermann Brix as Herbert Engelke, Grafiker *

Theodor Loos Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipz ...

as Professor Bassi *

Hermann Speelmans Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) - Emil * ''Diana'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * '' Danton'' ...

as Karl Bergmann aka Harry Gernreich * Leo Peukert as Johann Weidling *

Lutz Götz Lutz Götz (1891 – 1958) was a German stage and film actor.Richards p.375 Selected filmography * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * ''Patriots'' (1937) * ''Legion Condor'' (1939) * '' Congo Express'' (1939) * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) * '' A ...

as Poppinger, Viehhändler *

Axel Monjé Axel Monjé (1910 – 1962) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor.Giesen p.193 Selected filmography * ''Central Rio'' (1939) * ''Counterfeiters (1940 film), Counterfeiters'' (1940) * ''My Life for Ireland'' (1941) * ''Hoegler's Mission' ...

as Obersturmführer Dr. Bradt, Kriminalkommissar *

Max Gülstorff Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908 ...

as Zeltlin, Kriminalinspektor aus Zürich * Ingeborg von Kusserow as Else Bornemann * Peter Elsholtz as Fälscher *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ...

as Papa Schmidt, Toilettenmann *

Hans Stiebner Hans Stiebner (19 November 1898 – 27 March 1958) was a German actor. Steibner was born in Vetschau, Germany as Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Paul Stiebner. He died in 1958 in Baden-Baden, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Grand Duk ...

as Nico, Fälscher * Oscar Sabo as Oskar, Komplize der Bande in Berlin * Bruno Hübner as Hubert Bonifatius, ein bekannter der Schwestern Lieb *

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague C ...

as Antonie Lieb, Inhaberin des Schuhgeschäfts *

Julia Serda Julia Serda (6 April 1875 – 3 December 1965) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Grange p.120 She was married to the actor Hans Junkermann. Biography Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna. She became fascinated by the stage at a ...

as Elvira * Christa Dilthey as Juliette, Zofe auf Schloß Hohenegg * Franz Arzdorf as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant * Walter Bechmann as Hoteldiener in Zürich * Friedrich Beug as Handlanger in der Fälscherbande * Heinz Berghaus as Willy, der Kneipenwirt *

Eduard Bornträger Eduard Bornträger (22 June 1888 – 9 March 1958) was a German film actor.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.276 Selected filmography * ''The Hunter from Kurpfalz'' (1933) * '' Police Report'' (1934) * '' Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * '' The Private Life ...

as Hotelportier *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom o ...

as Taxichauffeur * Fritz Eckert as Kriminalbeamter im Polizeilabor * Wilhelm Egger-Sell as Hotelportier * Fred Goebel as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant * Knut Hartwig as Kriminalbeamter, der Poppinger verhört *

Oskar Höcker Oskar Höcker (13 June 1840 – 8 April 1894) was a German author of historical novels for children and a stage actor. Biography Oskar Höcker was born in a suburb of Eilenburg, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Province of Saxony, as was his br ...

as Polizist am Revier * Fred Köster as Paketbote im Züricher Hotel * Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Polizeibeamter in Uniform * Paul Mederow as Tomaselli, Kunstsammler * Michael von Newlinsky as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant * Georg A. Profé as Kellner im Berliner Restaurant * Klaus Pohl as Straßenzeitungsverkäufer * Walter Pose as Polizist am Revier * Alfred Pussert as Weber, Techniker im Polizeilabor * Max Vierlinger as Kassierer im Hotel * Ewald Wenck as Taxichauffeur * Willy Witte as Obersturmführer Kluger der Berliner Kriminalpolizei * Max Harry Ernst as Gast bei Tomaselli * Angelo Ferrari as Ein Mitglied der Fälscherbande * Benno Gellenbeck as Professor der Zeichenklasse *

Karl Jüstel Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cach ...

as Gast bei Tomaselli * Alfred Karen as Gast bei Tomaselli * Isolde Laugs as Frau im Zeitungskiosk * Bruno Tillessen as Ober im Hotelspeisesaal

References

Bibliography

* Rolf Giesen. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.

External links

* 1940 films 1940 crime films German crime films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hermann Pfeiffer Terra Film films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films shot at Tempelhof Studios Films about counterfeit money 1940s German films Films scored by Michael Jary Nazi-era films restricted in Germany {{1940s-Germany-film-stub