''Invisible Opponent'' () is a 1933 German-Austrian

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directed by

Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, excl ...

and starring

Gerda Maurus Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress. She was of Croatian people, Croatian descent and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang du ...

, Paul Hartmann, and

Oskar Homolka Oskar Homolka (12 August 1898 – 27 January 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain and the United States. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officia ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erwin Scharf. The film was made at the

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. The critics were not generally impressed with the film, with the ''

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'' describing it as an "unbelievable and unbelievably awful picture". A separate French-language version '' The Oil Sharks'' was also released.Youngkin p.466

Synopsis

The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

Cast

as Sybil Herford * Paul Hartmann as Peter Ugron *

as James Godfrey *

Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented vo ...

as Henry Pless * Paul Kemp as Hans Mertens * Raoul Aslan as J. Delmonte *

Leonard Steckel Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor and director of stage and sc ...

as Santos * H. Kyser as Sir Thomas * Eva Schmid-Kayser as Eva Ugron *

Jaro Fürth Jaro Fürth (born Jaroslav Edwin Fürth; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.John Mylong John Mylong (born Adolf Heinrich Münz; September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, was an Austrian actor, who later settled in the United States. Biography Mylong was born Adolf Heinrich Münz, to Jewish paren ...

* Otto Schmöle *

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* Maria Holst * Josef Rehberger * Wilhelm Stauffen * Mihail Xantho

References

Bibliography

* Youngkin, Stephen. ''The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre''. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

External links

* 1933 films Films of the Weimar Republic Austrian drama films German drama films 1933 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Rudolph Cartier Films set in South America German multilingual films Films about con artists German black-and-white films Austrian black-and-white films 1933 multilingual films 1930s German films Films shot at Sievering Studios German-language drama films Films with screenplays by Louis de Wohl {{1930s-Austria-film-stub